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SEPTEMBER, 1894. 



ORTHOGRAPHY. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. (a) What is spelling? (b) Define alphabetical equiv- 
alents. 

2. (a) State the advaiitages of oral spelling; (b) writ- 
ten spelling. 

^. What is nie^int by word analysis ? 

4. SyllabicHte, ninrk the primary accent, and give 
propel" diacritical mark to each vowel in the following 
words : /cnient, lamentable^ strata, mercantile, phraseology. 

5. Give five nouns, underscoring the suffix in each, the 
suffixes meaning respectively: act of, to make, one 7vho, pertain- 
ing to, state of being. 

6. What is the distinction between the plionic and the 
orthographic spelling of words? 

7. lise a prefix with each of the following words, 
and show how the meaning is changed: print, fair, modest, 

sight, rate. 

8. (a) What are the words called that sound alike, 
but are spelled differently? (b) That are not alike but 
mean nerrly the srnne? 

9. Spell and define each of the following words and 
two otliers, having the same sound as each one: 7orite, road, 

raise, seen, sight. 

10. Spell correctly each of the following: silimler, embar- 
ass, privaledge, sintillale, thiir-o, slite, preferrable, eatapiller, camfecne, 
sarjent. 

READING. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. (a) What is reading? (b) Define articulation, (c) 
(xive an error in articulation. 

2. (a) What is emphasis? (b) Mention three ways of 
using it. 

3. (a) Is there a difference in quantity of tone and piteh 
<f voice in reading? (b) Explain your answer. 

4. What drills do you give pupils as to: (a) Position 
of body? (b) Holding of book? (c) Breathing? (d) Ges- 
ture? (e) Facial expression ? 



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5. How would you conduct a reading lesson in a large 
class, looking to (a) Correcting errors, (b) Naturalness, 
(c) Mastery? 

6-10. Read an extract of ten lines each of prose and 
poetry for your examiner. 

(Examiner will grade from to 25 each extract read and 
deliver same to the Grading Committee to be added by 
them to the grading of the questions above.) 

UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

[Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. (a) What was the Declaration of Independence? 
(b) Who was its author? 

2. Explain the allusion in ''Charter Oak." 

3. (a) Give date of Andrew Jackson's »dministration. 
(b) Name two important political questions settled. 

4. What was the principal issue on which Polk was 
elected President ? 

5. (a) Who enunciated the '' Monroe doctrine " ? (J)) 
What was it ? 

6. What five men, afterwards celebrated in history, 
first came into notice during the Mexican War? 

7. What was the ''era of good feeling," and who was 
President ? 

8. (a) How did the United States get Florida? 
(b) Who was the first governor after it became a State ? 

9. Couple tlie names of the inventors with what you 
consider the five greatest American inventions. 

10. Name five great battles of the Civil War, and tell 
which side was victorious in eacli. 

UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. Name three of the chief advantages to be derived 
from the study of history. 

2. Into what periods would vou divide United States 
History ? 

3. Relate briefly the causes which led to the struggle 
for Independence. 

4. Give a brief account of two of the most decisive 
battles of that struggle. 

5. (a) What gave rise to the war of 1812? (b) Name 
some results following that war. 

6. (a) Name five important acquisitions of territory, 
(b) Who was President when each was acquired? (c) Tell 
what led to the acquisition in each case. 

7. Give a brief history of political parties from 
Washington to Cleveland. 

8. Give the principal features of President Lin- 
coln's inaugural address. 



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(a) Trace briefly the financial history of this coun- 
. .b) Wnat of the *^' wild caf banks?' (c) Panics of 
1887 and 1873? (d) What seems to be the present financial 
policy ? 

10. What of the gTOwth in art, science, literatnre and ed- 
ucation in the past half century ? 

ARITHMETIC. 

[Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. (a) At 27 bushels an acre, how many bushels of 
wheat will be harvested from 640 acres? (b) Which is the 
multiplicand in this example, and why? 

2. If division is a short way of jierforniing* many sub- 
tractions: (a) What in division corresponds to tlie subtra- 
hend? (b) What to the minuend? 

8. Given the divisor 99, tlie quotient 909, and the re- 
mainder 9, what is the dividend? 

4. Resolve 31570 into five prime factors. 

5. What is the quotient of the least common multiple 
of 16, 20, 24 and 80 divided bv tlie greatest common divisor 
of 2878 and 6667 ? 

6. "^1+^2 H-4-^ of i^ ? 

7. ( 1260X3.49) -=-1.047-88.62-^.00211=: ? 

8. A tin box 11 inches long-, 7 inches wide, and 3 
inches thick will hold how manv g'ills ? 

9. T. F. McBeath bought 'for .$2 an acre the Wk. of 
NEi'4, the Sko of NWI4, the NWI4 of SEI4, and NEi^ of 
SWI4 of a section of land; he sold the NWI4 of NEI4 at 
.$2.50 an acre, the SWI4 of NEI4 at $3 an acre, the SWk4 of 
NWI4 at $1.20 an acre, the SEI4 of NWI4 at $2 an acre, the 
Wi'o of NEI4 of SWI4 at $5 an acre, the E^o of NWI4 of 
8EV4at$4an aci'e: (a) How much land did he buy? (b) 
How^ much did he sell? (c) What is the description of 
what he noM' owns? (d) Besides clearing the land he now 
owns, what per cent, did he make on his speculation ? 

10. How long must .$1,301.64 be on interest to amount to 
$1,522.92 at 5 per cent.? 

ARITHMETIC. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. A boy, after spending \ of his money for candy and \ 
for lollypops, found that 20 cents was f of what remained. 
How much money had he? 

2. If 1.4 bushels of rice cost $1.50, what will 7 bushels 
cost ? 

3. (a) Prove tliat a cubic foot is approximately .8 of a 
bushel- (b) Also that a busliel is nearl^^ 1^ cubic feet. 



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4. The property of Gainesville is valued at $2,300,000. 
How many mills tax would have to be levied for one year 
to pay for a brick school house costing $9,120, if tliere were 
200 polls paying- $2 eacli, and the collector's commission on 
both polls and property tax was 5 per cent.? 

5. Divide $5,376 among three heirs proportionately to 

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6. What iDer cent, is made by a druggist who buys 
medicine at $5 a pound avoirdupois weight and sells it at 4S 
6ents an ounce apothecaries' weight? 

7. Find the difference between the true and tlie bank 
discount on a non-interest bearing note for $6,285 for 9 
months and 15 days, money being worth 6 per cent. 

8. If six men dig a cellar 22.5 feet long, 17y^o ^^^^ 
wid«, 10 feet 3 inches deep, in 3 days of 10 hours and 15 min- 
utes each, how many men will it require to dig another in 
12 davs of 8.2 hours each. 45 feet long, 34| feet wide, and 
12.3 feet deep ? 

9. What will be the length of a line that will exactly 
reach from the lower corner to a diagonally opposite upper 
corner of a cubical room that contains 1.9'Jti,624 cubic feet of 
space ? 

10. At a franc a square foot, what will it cost id U. 8. 
monev to tin a conical church steeple whose perpendicular 
height is 40 feet and its base 18 feet ? Ans. $228.73+ 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR, 

[Second or Third Grade Certiftc^te.] 

1. Name and define five jDroperties of nouns. 

2. Write the possessive case, plural number, of /V, which, 
cupful, son-in-laio, Kniglit-teiiiplar. 

3. (a) Which parts of speech are declined? (b) 
Which are compared? (c) Which are conjugated? (d) 
Decline son-in-laiv. 

4. Give tlie rule applying and compare each of the 
following: bad, handsome, lovely, poiite, beautiful. 

5. Give the principal parts of the following verbs: di-n, 
say, drink, eat, gird, cling, set, shoe, lie (to reclhie), lay. 

6. (a) Give all the properties of the verb, (b) Tell 
liow the passive voice is formed. 

7. Give synopsis of the verb see with he through all 
tenses of the indicative mood. 

8-9. Analyze or diagram: ''When a ma)i dies, they 

who survive him ask what property he hrs left behind.*' 

10. Parse in the above sentence:" w^7^, they, -udio, what, ask. 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 
[First Grade Certiticate.] 
1. (a) What is meant by inflection ? (b) The derivation 
of words? (c) Distinguish between etvmology and syntax. 



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2. Name and form the plurals of five nouns each by a 
different rule. 

3. Classify sentences (a) as to form, (b) as to use. 

4. Define (a) a phrase; (b) a clause, (c) Tell when 
each may be called an adjective element; (d) an adverl)ial 
element. 

^. Analyze: 

'^Beyond the darkening- ocean burned 

The bloody sunset's 'jmbers, 
While tlie Crimean vallej^s learned 

How Eng-lisli love remembers." 

(>-7. Diagiam according to Reed & Kellogg or Har~ 
vey the above sentence. 

8- Parse in full in the above sentence: Beyond, darkt- 
/■nini^-, bloody, Imrned, iuhiL\ Criijfean, how, remenilyers, embers, snnset*s. 

9-10. State what principles of gramma)' are violated 
in eacli of the following sentences: 

(a,) Every man and every woman esteem their own 
best. 

(b) Trust not him whom you know is dishonest, 

(c) If we study we will learn, 

(d) Tliese kind are best. 

(ej Such expressions sound harshly, 

GEOGRAPHY. 

{Second or Third Grada CertiiHcate,] 

1. (a) How many degrees of the earth's longitude corre- 
spond to one hour of time? (b) Explain. 

2. Start at New Orleans and sail up the Mississippi to 
^Tt. Paul and name in order (a) the States you would see, 
(b) tiie cities, (c) the industries. 

8. (a) Name five peninsulas on the jcoa^sf of North 
America, (b) Locate them. 

4. (a) Name the countries of South America. (b} 
Nami? their capitals, (c) Tell what form of government 
eacli has. 

5. (a) Name the islands knowa a« the Greater Antilles. 
<b) Name the chief city of each. 

6. (a) Wliat is the greatest longitude a place can have ? 
<b) What the greatest latitude ? /c) Explain each. 

7. (a) What two rivers divide Florida into three great 
:sections? (b) Name all the counties in the section in which 
you take the examination. 

8- <a) Name the railroad systems of Florida. (b) 
Approximately how many miles in the State ? 

9-10. Locate the following cities : J arksonvjUp, Key 
We.st, Pen«aco]a, Tampa, 



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GEOGRAPHY. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. Define the axis of thf^ earth. 

2. Name fiA^e zones and give the width of each in de- 
grees. 

3. (a) What nation controls the Suez canal? (h) 
What waters does it connect? 

4. Starting from Chicago, and traveling entirely by 
water, on what waters would you sail in order to reach 
Vienna? 

5. (a) Name the countries crossed by the 40tii parallel 
of north latitude, (b) Begin on the west coast of the United 
States and name in order going east the states crossed 
by it. 

6. (a) Where are the dvkes found? (b) Why were they 
built ? 

7. Name ten valuable articles of commerce exported 
from Africa. 

8. (a) Name five countries of Europe bordering on 
the Mediterranean sea. (b) Give capitals of each. 

9. Compare the animal life of Europe and America. 

10. (a) Name the six largest citios of Europe, (b) Lo- 
cate each, 

COMPOSITION. 

[First. Second or Third Grade Certiticate.] 

1. (a) What is the use of the paragraph in composition ? 
(b) Illustrate. 

2. (a) Name the different parts of a letter, (b) How 
should each be punctuated? 

8. (a) What is meant by oittHnino- a subject?' (b) Make 
an outline of the following subject: A Day at a Picnic. 

4. (a) Name five figures of speech. (b) Illustrate 
each with a short sentence. 

5. (a) How would you rank letter writing- in import- 
ance among the various formis of composition? (b) At. 
what stage of the pupil's education would you teach letter- 
writing? 

6-7. Write a 'short letter to a C*ounty Superintend- 
ent applying for a school. State your age, experience in 
teaching, educational advantages, your late reading on 
teaching as a science, salary you expect, and name two 
persons as references as to your character and success as a 
teacher. Be careful about the beginning and closing (jf 
your letter. 

8-10. Outline your subject with not less than five 
heads and write an essay of not less than 100 and not over 
2(M) words on one of the following subjects: 
(a) The Recent Strike. 



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(b) Teachers Summer Schools. 

(c) The Press of the Present Day. 

NoTK. — Punctuation, capitalization, spelling-, paragraph- 
ing, style and subject matter each to be considered in grad- 
ing the last question. 

PHYSIOLOGY. 

[Second or Third Grade Certificate. J 

1. (a) What are the offices of the skeleton ? (b) Name 
and locate the bones of the upper body. 

2. (a) What is the composition of bone? (b) Explain 
how a fractured bone repairs itself. 

3. Describe muscles as to their (a) arrangement; (li) 
covering; (c) most wonderful i^roperty. 

4. Name the divisions of the alimentary canal. 

5. What would you do in case of a deep flesh \\ ound 
that was bleeding- profusely? 

6. (a) What is done to the blood in the lungs? (b) 
Why not breathe air a second time? 

7. (a) Why is the skin called an excretory organ ? (b) 
Explain its functions. 

8. Describe the brain as to (a) shape; (])) size; (c) 
ratio of white and gray matter, 

9-10. Explain the digestion of a piece of fat mieat, tell- 
ing what bodily want it supplies. 

PHYSIOLOGY. 

[First Grade Certiticate.] 

1- Define (a) physiology"; (b) anatomy; (c) hygiene: 
(d) ossification; (e) assimilation. 

2. Name and describe the parts of the liip joint. 

3- (a) What is the cause of soreness after violent ex- 
ercise ? (b) What will be the effect, physiologically speak- 
ing, of bathing and rubbing at such times ? 

4. What parts of the body require the following: (a) 
albumen; (b) lime; (c) iron? 

5. Begin with the left auricle and trace the circulation 
of the blood through the system, naming the valves, chani- 
l)ers, tubes and organs through which it passes, 

6- (a) Name the excretory organs. <b) Explain the 
functions of each. 

7. (a) Describe the nervous system, (b) Show its con- 
nection with psychology. 

8. Is the ''sense of touch" a special sense, as com- 
pared with th<e other sens*^s? 

9- What effect has alcohol on (a) the heart? (])) the 
stomach? (c) the capillaries? (d) the brain? 

10. How would you explain the evil effects of (a) re- 
breathing? (b) rapid eating? (c) tobacco? 



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THEORY AND PRACTICE 

[Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 

1. What is the real purpose of education ? 

2. What is the purpose of recitation? 

8. (a) Give necessary qualifications in a teacher to se- 
cure the best results from recitations, (b) How do you 
economize time in a recitation ? 

4. Name the requisites in a teacher to secure good gov- 
ernment. 

5. Discuss oral ins'truction: (a) its use; (b) its abuse. 

6. What is the difference in telling a thing and in teach- 
ing it ? 

7. (a) What is the synthetic method of teaching? 
(b) The analytic? (c) Which is more applicable to pri- 
mary instruction, and why? 

8. What do you understand by the educational maxim : 
"- Proceed from the known to the unknown " ? 

9-10. Have you attended a Teachers' Summer School 
this year ? 

THEORY AND PRACTICE. 

[First Grade Certificate. ^[ 

1. (a) Of what advantage to the teacher is a knowledge 
of Psychology? (b) History of Education? 

2. (a) Define education as a science. (b> Give four fun- 
damental principles to be observed in teaching. 

3. When and to what extent should teaching be ob- 
jective? 

4. What is meant by the following faculties: (a) pre- 
sentative; (b) representative; (c) elaborative ? 

5. When do you think the pupil should begin the ;study 
of abstract subjects? 

6. (a) What is attention? (b) Its relation to educa- 
tional operation ? 

7. Explain the analytic and synthetic processes, andl 
explain their relative value with the teacher. 

8. (a) Should the teacher's course of study hii, pari passie 
with his pupils? (b) What should it be ? 

9. Name incentives to study : (a) proper; (b> improper. 
Modes of punishment: (c> proper; (d) improper. 

10. Have you attended a Teachei's' Summer School 
this year? 

CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. What is the tibject of introducing civil government 
into the course of study ? 

2. (a) Name the law-making powers of a State. (b>j 
Explain three processes necessary to make a law> 



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3. (a) What is the hdvantage of having- a legislative 
body divided into two branches? (b) And what is the wis- 
dom of the third process before a bill can become law ? 

4. How nuiv a bill wliich has been vetoed become a 
law ? 

5. (a) Name three county officers and define their du- 
ties, (b) Wliat legal requirements must they comj)ly with 
l)efore entering upon thfcir duties? 

6. What legal requirement must teachers comply witli 
before entering ui^on tlieir duties? 

7. Name five duties of a teacher, as prescribed by law. 

8. Describe the Australian ballot system. 

9. (a.) What are the three departments of goveniment? 
(b) What officers represent each in a county? 

10. (a) Wliat conditions must a teacher comply with 
before being entitled to Iiis last month's salary? (b) How 
often, and to whom, must the county superfntendent re- 
port? (c) How and by whom is the county school fund air- 
port ioned ? (d) Who has the appointment of teachers ; then 
what is the leg^l mode of piocedure to obtain a school? 
(e) Should a vacancy occur in the office of county superiu- 
tendent, by wliom and how would it be filled ? 

ALEEBFA, 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. (a) What is algebra? (b) Define symbols; (c) equa- 
tion, (d) On what does the degree of an equation depend ? 

2. Resolve a*^— b^ into its ]>i-ime factors. 

3. Divide oxy-|-x=^-|-y=^ — 1 by y-[-x— 1. 

4. (a) Prove that (x+y)"=l. (b) Prove that a ^=—^ 

a— 1 b-2 c3 mn 

5. Reduce T^g-^zx^ZT^^^n ^^ ^^^ equivalent fraction 

having positive exponents. 

6. Find the greatest common divisor of x=^-f-7x2— x— 7, 
x3+5x"^-x-5 and x^— 2x+l. 

7. P^ind the value of x in the equation, 5x— | (x-|-8)=14» 

8. Required the number of tv^o figures, which added 
to the number obtained by changing the place of the digits 
gives 77; and subtn cted from it leaves 27. 

x-l-1 4x — 3 

9. Solve the equation l—L_ =— — - 

x-1 x+9 

10. A certain farm is a rectangle, whose length is twice 
its b)-eadth. If it should be enlarged 20 rods in length, and 
24 rodB in breadth, its area would be doubled. How many 
acres in the farm ? 



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What 



PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 
(a) In what respect is the earth like a mag-net? (b; 
and where are the magnetic poles? (c) What is 
meant by the '.' line of no variation ?" 

2. (a) Give three evidences of the internal heat of 
the earth, (b) Describe the formation of a volcano; (c) a 
geyser. 

3. (a) What is a plateau ? (b) Name some of the pla- 
teau regions of the earth with their distinctive features. 

4. (a) What hemisphere has most land? (b) In which 
is the highest civilization, and why? 

5. (a) What is the accepted theory as to the formation 
of mountains? (b) Compare the perpendicular reliefs of 
Europe and Africa. 

6. (a) What is a valley ? (b) a canon? (c) When are 
valleys transverse ? (d) When longitudinal ? 

l\ (a) Give the theory of tides, (b) Draw a diagram 
illustrating spring and neap tides. 

8. (a) How are islands classified? Describe: (b) Con- 
tinental islands; (c) oceanic; (d) volcpmic. 

9. (a) What determines the range of plant and animal 
life ? (b) Industries of man ? 

10. How is the saltness of the sea accounted for ? 



OCTOBER i6, 1894. 

[SPECIAIj.] 



ORTHOGRAPHY. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certiticate.] 

1. Illustrate with words all the diacritical marks of 
the vowel o. 

2. (a) What is meant by the syllabication of words? 

(b) Separate the following into their syllables and mark 
the accented syllable: Leniency, indefensible, lamentation, obliga- 
tory, vehement. 

8. (a) Define a primitive word; (b) a derivative word; 

(c) a compound word, (d) Form a derivative and a com- 
pound word with man. 

4. How are words designated as to the number of their 
syllables ? 

5. Form and define a word with each of the following 
prefixes : un, dis, be, ante, en. 



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6. Form and define an adjective with each of the fol- 
lowing sufRxes: fv, ish, ible, oils, en. 

7. Give the rule for spelling the second of each of tlie 
following pairs of words : bog-, boggy; note, noting; begin, begin- 
ner; victory, victorious; daisy, daisies. 

8. Give the reasons for spelling the second word in 
each of the following pairs of words: change, changeab/e; shoe, 
shoeing; hate, hatefnt; prefer, preference ; singe, singeijig. 

9. Write and define a homonym corresponding to each 
of tlie following words: ojw, beau, rye, choir, holy. 

10. Correct the following words spelled plionetically : 
kon-shens, kon-ker, kre-^i-ta-b'l, men-azh-e-ry, ptij-ant-ry, 
rek-wi-zisli-un, Llaw-fe-my, am-a-tur, lik-wi-date, suf-fish- 
ent. 

READING, 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. (a) What coiistitutes good reading? (b) Name three 
pre-requisites to tlie correct reading of a selection. 

2. Give some special directions for the reading of 
poetry. 

0. How, and in what respect, are iDunctuation points a 
guide to correct reading? 

4. Whfit method of teaching primary reading do you 
employ ? Why ? 

5. What do you understand by rhetorical pauses ? 
6-10. , Read selection given by examiner. 

UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

[First, .Second or Third Grade Certiticate.l 

1. Into how many, and what periods, does United 
States history divide itself? 

2. (a) Give the history of the Whig party, (b) What 
Avere some of its principles ? 

)3. Describe the battle of Sliiloh, giving important re- 
sults. 

4. What is meant by (a) a protective tariff? (bj tariff 
for revenue? (c) free trade? (d) internal revenue? (e) civil 
sarvice ? 

5. How did the United States acquire (a) Texas ? (b) 
Florida? (c) Kentucky? (d) Arkans^'S? (e) Oregon? 

6. Why are the following places historic: (a) Mont- 
gomery, Ala. ? (b) Fortress Monroe? (c) Appomattox? (d) 
Philadelphia? (-) Hampton Roads? 

7. (a) Wh..u was the Monroe doctrine? and (b) when, 
if ever, has the United States government officially en- 
dorsed it ? 

8. Vvho was (a) Daniel Boone? (b) General Custer (c) 
Kit Carson? (d) "Captain Jack "? (e) John Brown? 



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9. What where the causes leadmg to the war of 1812? 

10. Mention five events of the present year of historic 
significance. Why ? 

AFITHMETIC. 

[Second or Third Grade Certificate. J 

1. The quotient is $76, the remainder $64, the dividend 
$56,000, what is the divisor ? 

2. What are the five prime factors of 10010 ? 

3. A, B, and C have respectively $680, $1,134, and $1,386, 
with which they agree to purchase horses at the highest 
price per head tliat will allow each man to invest all his 
money. How many horses can each man buy? 

4.' What is the smallest number of bushels of wheat 
that will fill an even number of boxes, whether they hold 
36, 48, 80, 320 or 432 bushels? * 

5. If 2^ acres of land cost $7|, how many acres can biv 
bought for $65f ? 

6. (1.26X34.9^.1047) -(88.62^.211)=? 

7. Add 525 sq. 1., 9^ p., 9^^^ sq. ch., and ^ sq. mi., and 
find the exact number of acres. 

8. If a box is 4 by 5 feet at the bottom, how high must 
it be to hold exactly 48 bushels, when \\ cucic feet is count- 
ed as a bushel? 

9. What was the gain or loss per cent, on tlie transac- 
tion, when two horses were sold for $99 eacli; on tlie sale of 
which there was a loss of 10 per cent, on one and a gain 01 
10 per cent, on the other? 

10. $500. Tallahassee, January 2, 1893. 
Three months after date I prouiise to pay J. B, Doe, or or- 
der, five hundred dollars, with Intercast from date at the 
rate of 8 per cent, per annum till paid. For value received. 

W. N. Sl.OWPAY. 

Payments endorsed as follows: Julv 4, 1893, $220;^; Dec. 
4, 1893, $10; June 24, 1894, $12; Sept. 16,^1894, $206.80. " What 
will satisfy the note Oct. 16, 1894 V 

AFITHMETIC. 

[First Grade Certiticate.] 

17,-\-9f-4| 

1. Simplify i^^Tyi 

2. Divide 375 by .75, and .75 by 375, and find the sum 
and the difference of tlie quotients. 

3. A tradesman marks his goods at 25 per cent, abovc^ 
cost, and deducts 12 per cent, of tlie amount of a customer's 
bill, for cash ; what per cent, does he make ? 

4. What sum of money at 6 per cent, annually com- 
j)or.nded interest, will amount to $2,703 in 1 year, 4 months? 



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5. A, B and C formed a partnership, and cleared $12,- 
000. A put in $8,000 for 4 months, and then added .$2,000 for 
6 months; B put in $16,000 for 3 months, and then with- 
drawing half his capital, continued the remainder 5 months 
longer; C put in $18,500 for 7 months. How divide the 
profit ? 

6. A man lost ^, j, and I of his money, and then had 
$2,600 left; what sum had he originally, and how much per 
cent, had he losr ?. 

7. Extract the cube root of 30.625, correct to three deci- 
mal places. 

8. When it is 10 o'clock in Boston what time is it in 
Jacksonville, the longitude of Boston being 71^ 7' 45" W. 
from Greenwich, that of Jacksonville being 81° 47' 50" ? 

9. Sold a house for $5;000 and thereby gained 20 per 
cent. Should I have have gained or lost, and how much 
per cent., if I had sold it lor $4,000? 

10. What is the difference between the true and bank 
discount of $250, due 10 months hence, at 7 per cent. ? 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR, 

[Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. Name the eight part \ or speech. 

2. How may you tell the part of speech of any word? 

3. What pai'ts of speech have inflection ? 

4. Decline (a) liihich, (b) thou, (c) D/an-servant. 

5. Give the possessive case, singular and plural, of 
Mussulman, madam, fly, Knight-Templar, staff- 

6. Give the past tense and past i^articiple of the verbs 
Jlee,fly, lie (to recline), lay, sit, set, bereave, dream, cl the, go. 

7. O, that is /^///^" just ivhat \ wanted j<'« to do! Parse the 
words italicized. 

8-9. Analyze, by diagram or otherwise, the sentence: 
'' If you have built castles in the air, your work need not 
be lost; that is where they should be; put foundations un- 
der them." 

10. Correct the following, giving reason for each cor- 
rection: 

(a) I fear I will not pa.ss the examination, 

(b) Please learn me how to study. 

(c) Somebody told me, I forgot who. 

(d) What signifies promise without performance, 
(ej Every examinee may keep their questions, 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 

[PMrst Grades Certifieate.] 

1. <a) How are sentences classified? (b) Give the class- 
ification of phrases. 

2. Write the plural of the following: Handful, son-in-larv, 
Jones, chimney, Jireinan, larva, KnigJit-Templar, Mr. and j. 



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8. Give the synopsis of drop through all the tenses of 
the indicative mood, passive voice, using my grade as the 
subject. 

4. Illustrate by sentences the uses of -cvhat: (a) as an 
interjection; (b) an adjective; (c) pronoun; (d) adverb. 

5. Parse the words in italics in the following sentence: 
'•Near to the bank of the river overshadowed by oaks, from 
whose branches garlands of Spanish moss and the mystic 
iwi^ilQtoQ Jlaimted, such as t\\Q Druids cut down with golden 
hatchets at Yule-tide stood, secluded ^nd still, the house of the 
herdsman.'" 

6. Select the propositions in the above and tell which 
are principal and which subordinate. 

7. Make a list of the i^repositions with their terms of 
relation. 

8. Make a list of the adjectives in the sentence and 
compare them if any admit of it. 

9. Diagram or analyze the sentence according to Har- 
vey or Reed & Kellogg. 

10. Parse all the thats in the sentence: That that that 
that that boy i^arsed is not that that that that teacher toid 
him to x)arse-, is plain. 

GEOGRAPHY. * 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. What and where is Corea ? 

2. (a) What constitutes the empire of Japan ? (b) what 
is its capital? (c) its population? (d) the i^rincipal exports? 
(e) and what can you say of the character of the people? 

3. (a) Bound the Chinese empire; name (b) its princi- 
pal rivers; (c) neighboring waters; (d) imjportant cities; 
(e) and chief ex]3orts. 

4. Naine and locate all large bodies of Vv^ater lying 
either in or around North America. 

5. Name the two most southern continental capes of 
each hemisphere. 

6. Locate the following and tell what each is: (a) Suez; 
(b) Bogota; (c) Dnieper; (d) St. Elias; (e) Blanco. 

7. (a) What is the nearest distance in statute miles be- 
tween two i^laces on the equator situated resiDectively in 
longitude 157° E., and longitude 175° W.? (b) When it is 
Thursday noon at the former, what is the day and hour at 
the latter? 

8. What advantage to commerce would the cutting of 
the Panama canal afford? 

9. Describe the Mississippi and its "value to the United 
States. 

10. At what stage of the pupiPs advancement, and 
how, would you begin the teaching of geography? 



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COMPOSITION, 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. Give three rules for the use of the (a) period, and 
(b) ex]3lain the use of double and 'also of single quotation 
points. 

2. (a) What is the purpose of capital letters? (b) 
Give three rules for their use. 

3. Give three rules for choice of words, 

4. Give rule for the placing of modifiers. 

5. Name the essentials of a well-written composition. 

6. Write a comi^osition not exceeding 200 words on one 
of the following subjects: 

1. How to Teach Reading. 

2. The Pleasures of Country School Teaching. 

3. How to Succeed as a Teacher. 

Neatness 10 

Spelling and Grammar 5 each 

Stvle 10 

Thought 10 

Choice of words and arrangement. . 5 each 

PHYSIOLOGY. 

[First, Second or Tliird Grade Certificate.] 

1. What change in the blood takes place in (a) the 
lungs? (b) the capillaries? 

2. (a) What is a gland? (b) Name three of the largest 
glands in the human body ? 

3. Name and describe the fluids that enter into the 
process of digestion. 

4. Why is rapid eating injurious to health ? 

5- (a) What is meant by decussation of nem^es ? and 
(b) where does this take placfi? 

6. (a) How would you determine as to whether an ar- 
tery or a vein had been cut? (b) If in a limb, how v\^ould 
you iDroceed in each case ? 

7. (a) How would you proceed in case one of your pu- 
pils fractured a limb? (b) How would you distinguish be- 
tween a sprain and a fracture, and what would you do in 
case of a severe sprctin ? 

8. To what class of organs does the skin belong, and 
what is its special function ? 

9. Why are bright pupils generally veiy fond of active 
outdoor games ? 

10. Why should little children be given frequent ''re- 
cesses " ? 



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THEORY AND PRACTICE. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate. ] 

1. Distinguish between a lesson and a recitation. 

2. Give five fundamental principles of teaching. 
8. Distinguish between to instruct, to teach, to educate, 

4. Where and to what extent should object teaching he 
employed in arithmetic. 

5. Name in order of their greatest relative activity the 
principal mental powers. 

6. How many recitations a day should a child in the 
Third Reader grade have, and in what studies ? 

7. To what extent should the teacher assist pupils in 
the preparation of lessons? 

8. Should prizes, honor marks, etc., ever be used as in- 
centives to study or good conduct? Give reasons for your 
answer. 

9. What daily preparation on tlie part of the teacher 
is essential to good teaching ? 

10. What works bearing on the subject of teaching or 
education have you read since last October. 

CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

[thirst Grade, Certificate.] 

1. (a) What is the reason for having two houses of 
Congress? (b) Why chosen differently and for different 
periods ? 

2. What sovereign powers have tiie individual States 
of the Union? 

3. What is meant by (a) an ex post facto law ? (b) bill of 
attainder? {o^^'vit oti habeas corpus:^ (d) ''the right to bear 
arms"? (e) what constitutional jDro vision with regard tO' 
each ? 

4. (a) What was the purpose in giving the President 
the veto power? (b) Why was it not made final? 

5. What kind of bills can originate from tlie House of 
Representatives only? AVhy ? 

6. How are members of the Supreme Court of the 
United States chosen, and for what length of term ? 

7. How are members of the Supreme Court of Florida 
chosen, and for what length of term ? 

8. How many grades of certificates issued from the 
Department of JEducation in this State, and on what condi- 
tions ? 

9. What constitutes the county school fund, and for 
what may it be disbursed? 

10. What school funds are distributed from the Stat^ 
Treasurer's offica, and on what basis is the apportionment 
made. 



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ALGEBRA. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. Find the G. C. D. of 5x=*y2-f lOx^yS-fSxy^, and ax^y 
-axy3+x3y-xy4. 

2. Write the factors of x— 2— y— 2; and x— y. 

3. Required the sum, difference, product and quotient 
a+b a— b 

o^' ^;3b ^"^1 i;fb 

4. Show that x— m= — ^^ 

5. Write the equations whose roots are —7 and -{-5. 

6. Find by factoring the value of x in the equations, 
x •^ - inx=m n — n x . 

7. Find the value of x in equation, 5x— i (x+3)=14. 

11 11 

8. —-+—-=^5, r.nd ^r — -r=l. Find x and y. 

X y X y ^ 

9. Find the value.s of x in equation, mx2-(-nx=pq. 

10. If a certain young lady were as many months 
older as she is inches in height, she would be 25; but if she 
were taller by j^q as m^u^y inches f s she is months old, she 
would be 7 feet high. Required her age and height. 

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. What is th& thickne.ss of the earth's crust? 

2. What elements mainly compose it? 

3. What reason for believing some connection exists 
between volcanoes and earthquakes? 

4. On what does the amount of w^ater in a basin de- 
pend ? 

5. Account for the numerous lakes in Florida, and the 
sweetness and clearness of their waters. 

6. What causes the phosphorescence of the sea? 

7. To what three classes of ocean currents does differ- 
ence of temperature give rise ? 

8. (a) What is a waterspout? (b) a cyclone? (c) a tor- 
nado? (d) What is meant by the ^fw/tv of a cyclone ? (e) 
Why do the cyclones originating in the West Indies move 
northward ? 

9. Where are the largest rainless districts of the globe 
and why are these regions rainless? 

10. What modifications of climate do the earth's mo- 
tions produce ? 



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MAY, 1895. 

ORTHOGRAPHY. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certiflcate.] 

1. Illustrate with words all the diacritical marks of 
the vowel u. 

2. Syllabicate, mark the primary accent, and give each 
vowel its proper diacritical mark in the following words : 

Leniency, lamentable, coadjutor, vehemency^ hygiene. 

3. Give and define a homonyn to each of the follow- 
ilio': flicker, viarshal, collar, assent, szveet. 

'^ 4. Form and define a word with each of the following 

prefixes : Afis, ad, dis, anti, extra. 

5. Form a word, and define the derivative, by adding a 
suffix meaning: One to whom, ivithont, someiohat, fold, office of. 

6. Name the suffix and give its meaning in the follow- 
in "■ words: Divisible, doubtful, waspish, shorten, globule. 

7. Add the suffixes en, ness, ist, able, ence to the following 
words in order, and give rule for spelling the. derivative: 

Glad, dainty, copy, service, defer. 

8. Discriminate between the following synonyms: 
Bring and/£'^<;/^ indolent and lazy, economy ^nd parsimony, doctrine 
and precept. 

9-10. Spell correctly the following: Fleesy, flimzy, 
kolera, retreive, zar, absess, skollop, bronkitis, sla (a vehi- 
cle for traveling on snow), likoris, precede, seperation, ses- 
sion (a yielding), rubarb, privalege, pedagog, effishensy, 
desizion, enuff, striknin. 

READING, 

[First, .Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 
(EXAMINER WILL SELECT FROM A FIFTH READER.) 

1. Read a paragrapli of prose 1 to 50 

2. Read an extract of poetry 1 to 50 

UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

[Second or Third Grade Certiticate.l 

1. What ^Aas the basis of the English claim to 
America ? 

2. Whence and why did tlie Puritans come to 
America ? 

3. What was the Monroe doctrine ? 

4. Name one Spanish, one Dutch, one English and two 
French explorers of North America, and state wliere each 
made his explorations. 

5. Name five acts of the British government that 
tended to i)recipitate the Revolutionary war. 



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6. What practice was inauo-nratecl by Jackson when 
he became President? 

7. (a) What caused the rupture between President Ty- 
ler and his party? (b) Between President Johnson and 
his party? 

8. Describe the battle of Gettysburg, and name the 
prominent commanders in each army. 

9. W^hy was there one, and what was the United States 
Electoral Commission? 

10. Name sever^il important historical events that have 
occurred during the past four years. 

UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. Tell of all the important acquisitions of territory 
from other countries to tlie United States. 

2. Give causes, immediate and remote, that led to the 
Civil war. 

3. (a) Who was DeSoto, and what became of him ? 
(b) When and by whom was St. Augustine founded? 

4. State Mccurcitely the doctrines of the Republican 
party concerning shivery when first victorious. 

5. Mention the iiames of five inventors i^rominent in 
American historj^ with a brief statement concerning each. 

6. Explain what is meant by the ''Geneva Award'' 
and the "Alabama Claims." 

7. Sketch brieflj^ the acquisition of Florida by the 
TTnited States. 

8. Name five of the most important public measures 
1 hat have claimed the attention of Congress during the ad- 
ministrations of Presidents Harrison and Cleveland (last 
term.) 

9. What do you aim to accomplish for your pupils by 
the study of history? 

10. Give a: brief outline of your method of teaching 
history, and of hearing a history'lesson. 

ARITHMETIC. 

[Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 
£:^*°In the solution of problems, every proc«^ss must 
be indicated — mere answers will not be accepted. 

1. (a) Express in figures: Twenty-nine billion, ninety- 
five thousand, forty-five; (b) in words, 20,200,010,010; (c) 
by Boman notation, 605; (d) by Arabic notation, JVIDL; 
(e) in words, 625 625. 

2. Write iii the form of an equation, using the proper 
signs, what each of the three terms in subtraction, the 
three in multiplication, and the four in division, eqttals. 

3. A has four tracts of land containing, respectively 
360, 288, 648 and 720 acres. He wants to divide them into 



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the largest possible farms of equal size, dividing each into 
an exact number, (a) How many acres can he put into a 
farm? (b) How many farms will he have? 

4. Multiply together the sum, the difference, the prod- 
uct, and the quotient of | and i, (consider \ as the divisor.) 

5. In how many days will A, B and C together do a 
piece of work, which A can do alone in 3 days, B in 5 days, 
and C in 6 days ? 

6. Divide fifty millionths by six hundred twenty-five 
ten-thousandths and express the answer in words. 

7. Reduce ^^ of a rod to the decimal of a inile and 
write the answer in words. 

8. How much less will it cost to fence 40 acres in 
the form of a square than in the form of a rectangle with 
its length four times the breadth, the price being $2.50 a 
rod ? 

9. Sold two lots for $200 each, gaining 20 per cent on 
one and losing 20 per cent, on the otlier. Did I gain or lose, 
and what per cent, on the transaction ? 

10. If 5 horses eat as much as 6 cows, aiid 8 horses and 
12 cows eat 12 tons of hay in 40 days, Iiow much hay will be 
needed to keep 7 horses and 15 cows 65 days ? 

ARITHMETIC. 

[First Grade Certiflcate.] 
gj^'ln the solution of problems, every process must be 
indicated — mere answers will not be accepted. 

1. (a) What part of a yard is the smallest pi<3ce of silk 
from >vhich an exact number of quilt pieces containing 4, 9, 
16, 24, or 36 square inches may be cut? (b) How many 
l^ieces containing 24 square inches mav be cut out of the 
silk ? 

2. Multiply 625 by .003 and divide the product by the 
square root of 39.0625, and write your answer in words". 

3. It is 10 minutes past 1 p. m. where A is; it is 20 min- 
utes before 9 a. m. where B is; (a) wnich direction is B 
from A ? (b) How far are they apart, supposing a degree 
to be 50 miles on their latitude ? 

4. A well 3 feet in diameter and 12 feet deep, will con- 
tain how many gallons of water ? 

5. How many bushels will fill exactly level full a 
wheat house 12 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 6 feet high on 
one side and 8 feet high on the other, counting 1^ cubic feet 
to a bushel ? 

6. A merchant marks cloth at $2 a yard, so that he 
may drop 10 per cent, and yet gain 20 per cent. • Find cost 
price. 

7. What is the profit in buying opium at 75 cents an 
ounce, avoirdupois, and selling it at $1 an ounce, trov ? 



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8. If a cannon ball 3 inches in diameter weighs 10 lbs., 
what will one 8 inches in diameter weigh ? 

9. At what price should 4 per cent, bonds be bought 
(brokerage \ of 1 per cent.) to yield an income of 5 per cent? 

10. If a ladder standing perpendicularly just reaching 
tlie top of a wall 80 feet higli, had its base drawn out 18 feet 
from the wall, how far was the upper end from the top 
of the wall ? 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 

[Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. Write on each and explain the elements of (a) sim- 
ple sentence; (b) com}3lex sentence; (c) compound sentence. 

2. Write the plurals of the following: Prospectus, court- 
martial, )iian-servant, g, gas, syllabus, money, spoonful, aid-de-camp, 
madam. 

3. Write the possessive singular and plural of num, 

brother-ill- la70, country, he, enemy, 

4. (a) What parts of speech are inflected? (b) Give 
the terminal inflections and precise use of each. 

5. Qo\xv^?(XQ good, polite, ill, much, handsome. 

6. Give the principal parts of lie, lay, set, sit, sing, rise, 
knozv, bear (bring forth), raise, fly. 

7. V/rite tfie synopsis in the passive voice of the verb 
hear with thou in both the indicative and subjunctive moods. 

8. Analyze or diagram: We teachers, being constantly 
associated with children, become hermits while fitting- 
others for society. 

9. Parse in the sentence above m /«//, all nouns, pro- 
nouns, verbs and participles. 

10. In the sentence, •' Whoever is deceived thereby is 
not wise," parse ivhoever in full. 

Ei\GLISH GRAMMAR. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. Write the possessive plural of ox, i-hild, fox, mouse, 
Jiero, which, it, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Smith, Knight-Templar. 

2. (a) Give two general rules for the comparison of ad- 
jectives, (b) Compare and give reason for so comparing 
each : Thin, clever, wooden, merry, nigh, ample, grey, tinlversal, shy.^ 
beautiful. 

3. Make a table of pronouns, give first the class, then 
group into two adjacent columns those of each class used 
as nouns, or used as adjectives. 

4. W/^rite a short sentence illustrating: (a) an intransi- 
tive verb used as transitive; (b) a transitive verb used in- 
transitively ; (c) a verb with incomplete prtdication; (d) 
an impersonal verb; (e) show that transitive verbs only ad- 
mit of a passive use. 



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5. Write the inflection in the ]3resent and i^ast tenses 
in both the indicative and subjunctive moods of the verb 

(a) to be^ (b) to steal. 

6. Write the perfect participle of he^ hope^ split, sezo^ so:c>, 

p'eeze, Jiy, tread, seek, sit. 

7. Give complete analysis of the following-: 

••^ Breathes there the man with soul so dead? 
Who never to himself hath said, 
••This is my ow^n, my native land I ' " 

8. Diagram, according to Harvey or Reed & Kellogg, 
the above sentence. 

9. Parse, in full, he. who, first, taught and what in the sen- 
tence: '' He who first taught the principles of Christianity 
knew well what would be the consequences." 

10. Parse 7iV/r?/ in each of the following: (a) Pay what 
you owe. (b) What pleases you? (c) What vessel is that? 
(d) What with entreaty, what witli threatening, I succeed- 
ed, (e) What! is thy servant a dog? 

GEOGRAPHY. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. Define the following: Promontory, peninsula, inlet, 
sound, strait. 

2. Locate and describe Japan as to its size, physical 
features, population and industries. 

8. (a) Bound Korea, (b) Describe tiie country, (c) 
What ol the number and character of its x>eople ? (d) 
What of its x^roducls and industries? 

4. (a) Define latitude and longitude, (b) Is the length 
of a degree of longitude greater in Florida or Michigan ? 
(c) Why ? 

5. (a) Show the relation between the physical and po- 
litical conditions of a, country, (b) Show" how the physical 
features determine the industries, commerce and routes of 
trade. 

6. Describe the German empire, telling (a) of the num- 
ber of States comiDosing it; (b) name the four largest; (c) 
character of thepeoi^le; (d) chief industries and manufac- 
tured products, (e) What of her educational system? 

7. (a) Describe the situation and shape of Mexico, (b) 
What is said of its shores? (c) What of its surface, peo- 
ple and form of government? 

8. What of the size, physical features, people, prod- 
ucts, and government of Cuba? 

9. Draw a diagram of a township, sub-divide the six- 
teenth section into quar-quarters, and locate thus (x) a 
school house in the sw '^ of nei^^. 

10. (a) Into what three great sections is Florida natu- 
rally divided by two large rivers? (b) Name all the cou'i- 
ties in the section in which you take the examination. 



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COMPOSITION. 

[Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 
I. Write an essay of not less than 200 words, j^-iving 
special attention to diction, capitalization and punctuation, 
on one of tlie following subjects: 

(a) Present Educational Tendencies. 

(b) The Ideal School Teacher. 

(c) The Value of Daily Composition in Schools. 
(The Grading Committee will mark the composition, 

according- to value of thought and correctness, from 1 to 
100.) 

COMPOSITION. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 
1. Write an essay of not less than 200 nor more than 
300 words, giving especial attention to capitalization, 
punctuafeion, diction and style, on one of the following sub- 
jects: 

(a) Corporal Punishment in Schools. 

(b) Best Mode of Examining Teachers. 

(c) Benefits of Teachers' Associations. 

PHYSIOLOGY. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. Locate the metacarpal bones and give their number. 

2. Name three offices of the skin. 

3. Describe the human skeleton, giving the number, 
classification, structure and composition of the bones. 

4. Explain how blood circulates through the bones. 

5. Name and describe the organs of circulation, 

6. Name the iDrincipal organs and describe the process 
of iespi ration. 

7. (a) NF^me the organs of digestion; (b) the digestive 
fiuids and the kind of food upon which each acts. 

8. Name five articles of food rich in albumen. 

9. Discuss the influence of climate in determining the 
kind of food the people require. 

10. What effect has alcohol (a) upon the blood? (]>) 
nerves? (c) brain ? (d) Name three narcotics and describe 
their effects upon the human body. 

THEOEY AND PRACTICE. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. When the lesson is not well learned for today, would 
you give it over again for tomorrow ? Give reason "for your 
answer, 

2. Why are language and arithmetic two of the most 
important .school studies ? 



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3. (a) Should the teacher ever experiment, or smii)ly 
be content to do as some one else has done? (b) All the 
best methods of instruction have been found out, haven't 
they ? 

4. Why, and in what way, should the teacher make 
daily i3reparation for school work ? • 

5. (a) What is the purpose of a recitation ? (b) Tell 
the difference between a recitation and a lesson. 

6. How many recitations a day should a child in the 
Fourth Reader have, and in what studies ? 

7. How are vacancies in the following? offices filled in 
this State? (a) State Superintendent; (o) County Super- 
intendent; (c) School Board; (d) Supervisor or Trustee; 
(e) Assistant Teacher. 

8. Define the duties of a teacher under the laws in this 
State. 

9. Give some of the powers and duties of County Su- 
perintendents. 

10. What is the purpose of education ? (a) From a 
political standpoint? (b) From a personal standpoint? 
(c) From an ethical standpoint? 

CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. What are the Constitutional requirements (a) for a 
President? (b) Senator? (c) Representative? 

2. (a) How many States had to give assent before the 
Constitution of the United States was adopted ? (b) What 
proportion must ratify an amendment before it becomes the 
law? (c) Would an amendment be binding- on a State 
voting against its ratification ? 

3. (a) How would a Vice-President be elected, if no 
one received a majority of the electoral college? (b) Has 
one ever been elected in that way ? 

4. (a) What constitutes treason ? (b) How punished? 

5. Mention five important personal rights guaranteed 
by the Constitution of the United States. 

6. (a) Name three prohibitions on Congress; (b) three 
on the States. 

7. Name the elective State officers of Florida, and give 
length of term and salary of each. 

8. Explain how the State Constitution may be amend- 
ed without holding a Constitutional Convention. 

9. (ft) Explain the " Reciprocity Clause " in the '' Mc- 
Kiiiley Rill." (b) Give the main features of the ''Aus- 
tralian Rallot System.'' 

10. (a) Upon what basis is public school fund now 
apportioned by the State? (b) What are the limits of 
school age? (c) For what causes may a County Superin- 
tendent annul a teacher's certificate ? (d) Wnen a certifl- 



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cate is unjustly annulled or withheld by a County Superin- 
tendent, what remedy has a teacher? (e) Name and locate 
the State educational institutions. 

ALGEBRA. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. Resolve x^ — y*' into four factors. 

2. Expand (2a+2b)^ by the binomial theorem. 

3. Resolve x— 2x-^-|-x^ ii^to five prime factors. 

-a3 

4. Prove that — T~=a2 

— a 

X x X— 2 

5. Given — -j-S^-x" — "g" to find x. 

6. Find the value of x in the equation, x2-|-2x— 44-}- 



Vx2-|-2x -44=42. 

2 1 

7. x=*-f-3x=^=10, to find values of x. 

8. A boatman who can row 12 miles an hour in still 
water, is 7 hours in rowing- to a certain point up the river, 
and 5 hours in returning-. At what rate per hour does the 
river flow ? 

9. Given x^'-j-y^^^lHD, and x-f-y=9, to find the values of 
x and y. 

U). Solve 2,/-ir-fv/ 4x+v T^rp^^i; and 

: r=(x-2)^ 

^-Vx"^-9 

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

[First Grade Certiticate.] 

1. Why IS there no dew on cloudy nights? 

2. Why is it that California has its rainy season in the 
winter, and Florida in the summer? 

3. Describe and account for the difference in climate 
between the east and west coasts of the LTnited States. 

4. What climatic influence does a high mountain or a 
chain of mountains exert upon the surrounding- country? 

5. Why are the tops of }nountains colder than the val- 
leys or plains at their bases ? 

6. (a) What family of plants is the largest contributor 
to human needs and comforts ? (b) Show how. 

7. Why are some regions of Western United States 
comparatively r.-inless ? 

8. What etiect upon the climate, soil and surface of a 
country does cutting- away its forests produce? 

9. Define and account for artesian wells. 

10. Describe the barometer and its uses. 
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SEPTEMBER, 1895. 

ORTHOGRAPHY. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. Define letter, syllable, word, root, affix, and give an 
example of each. 

2. Indicate by the use of the proper diacritical marks 
the pronunciation of the following words: cage, has, ink, 
cent, her. 

3. Syllabicate and accetituate the following words: 
preferable, mischievous, deficit, irreparable, dolorous. 

4. Give the meaning of each of the following prefixes, 
and illustrate by defining a v/ord formed with each : un, 
pre, se, syn, meta. 

5. Define homonyn. Write and define each of the fol- 
lowing, and one or more homonyms for each : ascent, coun- 
cil, rain, metal. 

6. Define synonym. Illustrate the correct use of each of 
the following, and one synonym for each : danger, genius, 
poverty, iDrotect. 

7. Separate the following words into root and affix, 
give the original meaning of the root, and show its relation 
to the given word: submit, coincidence, intention, con- 
spiracy. 

8. To certain roots join the proper prefixes or suffixes 
in order to form derivatives signifying: (a) to go before; 

(b) to lead forth; (c) to make worthy; (d) to send away; 
(e) written by hand. 

9. To the words busy^ traffic^ conceal^ /"''}'-, ^''''''<^''-', join the 
suffixes iy, ing, ed, ous, able, respectively, and give the 
rule for spelling the derivatives thus formed. 

10. Correct the spelling of the following: scizers, diz- 
olve. fude, tung, ofis, diierance, simetry, capiDilary, seper- 
ible, descission. 

READING. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. (a> What is reading? (b) Define articulation, (c) 
Give an error in articulation. 

2. (a) What is emphasis ? (b) Mention three ways of 
using i^. 

3. (a) Is there a difference in quantity of tone and///r// of 
voice in reading? (b) Explain your answer. 

4. What drills do you give pupils as to: (a) position of 
body? (b) holding of book? (c) breathing? (d) gesture? (e) 
facial expression ? 

5. How would you conduct a reading lesson in a large 
class, looking to: (a) correcting errors? (b) naturalness? 

(c] mastery? 



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6-10. Read an extract of ten lines each of prose and 
poetry for your examiner. 

(Examiner will grade from to 25 each extract read 
and deliver same to the Grading- Committee to be added by 
them to tlie grading of the questions above.) 

UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. (a) What portions of America \vere claimed by tlie 
English, Dutch, French and Spanish, and upon what did 
each base iiS' claim to such territory ? (b) Give name and 
date of the fir.^t sel tlement by each. 

2. Give a. brief account of: (a) Champlain's voyages 
and discoveries; (b) Hernando DeSoto's explorations. 

3. (a) Group tlie colonies according to the kind of gov- 
ernment under which tliey were ruled, (b) Show the dif- 
ferences between these forms of government. 

4. (c ) State the causes which led to the Frencli and 
Indi^.n Vv ar. (b) Give the names and dates of three import- 
ant battks of this war. 

5. (a) IMame tliree oppressive measures enforced by tlie 
British government that v/ere opposed by the colonists. 

(b) When and where did the first Continental Congress 
meet, and what resolutions did it adopt? 

6. (a) Describe briefly two important battles of the 
Revolution, (b) What two generals, either from jealousy 
or revenge, opposed Washington, and liow did they bring 
ruin and disgrace upon tliemselves? 

7. Speaiv of tlie Louisiana i^urchase: (a) Negotiations 
for its purciiase. (b) Extent of territory and price paid. 

(c) States and territories fonned from this territory, (d) 
Tlie State first admitted from this territory, and when, (e) 
The State last admitted from this territory, raid when ? 

8. Give names and dates of the following: (a) Two 
important battles in the war of 1812. (b) One important 
battle in the war with Mexico, (c) Two important battles 
in the Civil war. 

9. (a) What presidents have died in office? WHien^ 
and who succeeded each? (b) In whose administration, 
and at what date were the following- measures passed: (1) 
The Omnibus Bill? (2) The first High Protective tariff? 
(::) The Sub-Treasurv Bill? (4) The Civil Service Reform 
Bill. 

10. (a) iName three leading statesmen of the present 
Democratic party, and three of the Republican party, (b) 
What two important bills were passed by the last Con- 
gress? (c) What changes have taken j)lace in the cabinet 
of President Cleveland ? 



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ARITHMETIC. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. (a) Resolve 230299 into prime factors, (b) Write 
four multiples of 24. (c) Given the sum and difference of 
two numbers, how find the numbers? (d) Write 538000 by 
Roman notation. 

2. 876H-94xl6-(72Xl9^9-f 9x144-^8-175)=? 

3. (a) At $6.45 per (J., how many shingles can be bought 
for $47.73? (b) At $7.50 per ton, how many bales of hay, 
weighing 50 lbs. each, can be bought for $90? 

4. A roll of paper 8 yds. long, 18 in. wide, costs $0.85. 
What will it cost to paper the walls and ceiling of a room 
20 ft.Xl6 ft.XlO ft., no allowance being made for openings, 
and the cost of labor behig $0.37 ^o W^ square ? 

5. A farmer sells through his agent a consignment of 
cotton at 2f2 per cent, commission, and increasing the pro- 
ceeds by $1,508, instructs his agent to invest the amount, 
less the commission, in flour ancl sell immediately. This 
the agent does, but before the sale could be effected flour 
declines 10 per cent., in consequence of which the farmer 
sustains a loss of $677.90. If the agent's commission for 
buying be 4 per cent., and for selling 3 per cent., how many 
bales of cotton, 400 lbs. each, did he sell, cotton being worth 
5 cents? 

6. Jones sold a horse to Brown for 233I3 per cent, of his 
cost, or $600 above cost. Brown sold him to Davis at a loss 
of 33I3 percent, (a) What did Jones give for the horse? 
(b) What did Brown get for him ? 

7. Mr. B. of DeFuniak Springs makes a negotiable 
note for $250 in favor of Mr. C, bearing interest from date 
at 8 per cent., payable in 90 days. Date of note September 
10, 1895. C. has the note discounted October 17, at 10 per 
cent, (a) Write the note, (b) Find time it falls due. (c) 
Find time it has to run. (d) Find proceeds. 

8. What is the difference between the true and the bank 
discount on $250 for 1 year. 4 months and 21 days ? 

9. A cubical block of granite contains 41063625 cubic 
ihches. (a) Find radius of inscribed sphere; (b) radius of 
circumscribed sphere. 

10. A cylinder 10 feet long and 5 feet in diameter has 
been cut into the largest possible cone. How much was 
cut, or what i3art of the cylinder was cut away ? 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 

[First, Second or Tiiird Grade Certifics^te.! 

1. (a) What are the three ways of distinguishing the 
masculine and feminine genders ? (b) Give examples. 



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2. Give the feminine genders of the following: Earl, 
friar, hart, sire, sloven, stag, swain, don, czar and marquis, 

3. Write the plurals of the following: Ottoman, alder- 
man, court-martial, mouthful, nebula, focus, hypothesis, 
goodness, trout, elf, it, aid-de-camp, billet-doux, porte- 
monnaie, staff, Nero, n, Dr., Mr. Jones, and chimney. 

4. Compare the following adjectives: Bad, little, far, 
fore, lazy, ill, good-natured, evil, old, and late. 

5. (a) Classify verbs with respect to meaning; (b) form, 
(c) Give five examples of each. 

6. Give synopsis of the verb have with s/ie in all moods 
in both active and passive voices. 

7. Give a complete classification of the noun and pro- 
noun. 

8. (a) In what ways may a noun be in the absolute 
case? (b) Illustrate each. 

9. Diagram and analvze this sentence: 

The clouds which rise with thunder, slake 

Our thirsty souls with rain ; 
The blow most dreaded fails to break 

From off our limbs a chain. — Whittier. 

10. Parse in full: Which, slake, our, rain, dreaded, 
fails, break, from, limbs, and chain. 

GEOGRAPHY. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certiticate.l 

1. Name and explain all the imaginary lines and cir- 
cles used in mathematical geography. 

2. (a) Name all the zones and give the boundaries of 
each, (b) Give the width of ep.ch in common miles. 

3. Show hovy the physical features largely determine 
the industries of any country. 

4. Name the So\ith American States and the capiti.l of 
each. 

5. Describe Cuba: (a) Its size in square miles, (b) 
Physical features, (c) Products, (d) Races and character 
of people, (e) Present government. 

6. What advantages would accrue to the United States 
from the Panama canal? 

7. Name four prominent river systems of the United 
States. 

8. Tell of the German Empire: (a) Number of States 
comprising it. (b) Name four largest, (c) How is each 
governed, (d) Describe its legislative bodies. 

9. Draw an outline map of Florida, and locate its river 
systems and ten chief cities. 

10. Draw a township, number its sections, sub-divide 
its 20th section into quarter-quarters, and its SEi^ of the 
NEI4 into quarter-quarter-quarters and make a cross in the 
SEI4 of SEi^4 of SEI4. 



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COMPOSITION. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. (a) Wh^.t is the use of the paragraph in composi- 
tion? (b) Illustrate. 

2. (a) Name the different parts of a hitter, (b) How 
should each be jDunctuated? 

3. (a) What is meant by outlining a subject? (b) Make an 
outline of the following subject: A Day (^w tlie Gulf. 

4. (a) Name five figures of speech, (b) Illustrate each 
with a short sentence. 

5. (a) How would you rank letter writing in import- 
ance among the various forms of composition ? (b) At what 
stage of the pupil's education would you teacii letter writ- 
ing ? 

6-7. Write a short letter to a County Superintendent 
applying for a school. State your age, experience in teach- 
ing, educational advantages, your late reading on teaching 
as a science, salary you expect, and name two persons as 
references as to your character and success as a teacher. 
Be careful about the beginning and closing of your letter. 

8-10. Outline your subject witli not less tlian five heads 
and write an essay of not less than 100 and not over 200 
words on one of the following subjects: 

(a) Necessity of Summer Schools for 'J'eachers. 

(b) Uniform Exsmiinations. 

(c) The Comparative Educational Value of Eng- 

lish rammer and Arithmetic. 

(d) Duties of a Teaclier the First Day of School. 
Note. — Punctuation, capitalization, spelling, para- 
graphing, style and subject matter eacli to be considered in 
grading the last question. 

PHYSIOLOGY. 

[First, Second or Tliird Grade Certificate.] 

1. Define: (a) Physiology ; (b) anatomy: (c) hygiene. 

2. (a) What is a gland ? (b) Describe three of the 
largest in tlie human body. 

3. What will be the physiological effect of bathing and 
I'ulDbing after violent <_^xercise ? 

4. Tell why rapid eating is injurious to health. 

5. Define: (a) Systole; (b) diastole; (c) lymph; (d) lac- 
teals; (e) pulse. 

6. Name the organs, and explain respiration. 

7. Name the organs, and explain the whole process of 
digestion. 

8. Explain the office of the eustachian tube. 

9. (a) What do the convolutions of the brain indicate*'^ 
(b) What Ls the " arbor-vitge " ? 



Florida Uniform Exaviination Questions, September, i8g^. HI 

10. Explain the effects of alcohol and tobacco: (a) 
Upon the brain; (b) the blood; (c) the nerves; (d) the heart; 
(e) the stomach. 

THEORY AND PRACTICE. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate,] 

1. Define percept, sense concept, imagination, idea, 
reason. 

2. What is a general concept? How is it formed? 
Wliat is the relation between general concepts and Avords ? 

3. Name five prominent edncators, and mention an ed- 
ucational worlv written by each of tliem. 

4. What is the value of a scliool i^rogram? What are 
the tliree things of greatest importance to be considered in 
making a school program ? 

5. Give five of the most important quaJifications of a 
teacher. 

6. State the substance of some article on an educa- 
tional topic that you have read in a school journal witliin 
the last tiiree months. Wiiat school journals do you take 
and read regularly? Name some of tlie most valuable i^ed- 
agogical works tliat you possess. 

7. State the advantages and disadvantages (a) of the 
question and answer method of conducting a recitation ; 
(b) of the topic method of conducting a recitation. 

8. What faculties of the mind are most active in the 
,six-y ear-old child ? What use should the primary teacher 
make of tliis knowledge? 

y. What is meant by each of the following educational 
maxims: (a) The concrete before the abstract? (b) Ideas 
before words? (c) From the known to the related un- 
known ? 

10. What special preparations for opening school 
should a teacher make tlie weeK before school opens? 

CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

[First Grade Certificate,] 

1. Discuss tlie value of civil government as a public 
scliool study. 

2. (a) Define government, (b) Show why government 
is necessary, (c) Name and define the principal forms of 
government. 

o. (a) Give a. summary of the nature and duties of cit- 
izenship, (b) What are the duties of a government toward 
its citizens ? 

4. (a) Explain the nature of the Constitution, (b) 
Give a brief account of the formation and adoptioJi of the 
Constitution of the United States. 

5. What are the functioiis of government, and to what 
divisions of power do tliey give rise? 



82 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, September, iSg^. 

6. (a) Define impeachment, (b) Describe tlie metliod 
of conducting: impeacliment proceeding's in tlie case of a 
President of the United States. . , ^. 

7. State the qualifications, powers and duties of the 
Governor of Florida. . 

8. Name by title the officers who constitute the Gov- 
ernor's cabinet, and define the duties of each. 

9. Tell what you can of the origin and growth of the 
l)ublic school system in Florida. 

10. (a) Explain how the Constitution of Florida may 
be amended, (b) Give the substance of two amendments 
which were adopted in 1894. 

ALGEBRA. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. What difference between (a) arithmetic and alge- 
bra? (b) theorem and problem? 

2. Define (a) identical equation; (b) quadratic equa- 
tion; (c) root of an equation; (d) logarithm; (e) co- 
efficient. 

2x+y 2v-x x2+y2 
8. Divide -3^+-^^. by ^^^3:^, 

4. (a) I have two hours to spare; how far may I ride 
on the street car at the rate of 6 miles an hour, if I walk 
back at the rate of 2 miles an hour? (b) Demonstrate 
a°=l. 

5. Explain the three methods of elimination with the 
following simultaneous equations: 

3x+.Sy=18 
3x-2y-l 

6. Find tw^o numbers whose sum multiplied by the 
greater is 120, and whose difference multiplied by the less 
is 16. 

7. A and B together had $9,800. A lost \ of his and B 
t of his. Now they have equal sums; what have they 
each? 

8. Divide 100 into two sucli parts that the sum of their 
square roots sliall be 14. 

9. (a) Find the equation wiiose two roots are 5 and 2. 
(b) Insert two geometrical means between 24 and 192. 

10. A and JB run a mile. First A gives B a start of 44 
yards, and beats him by 51 seconds; then A gives B a start 
of 1 min. 15 sees., and is beaten by 88 yards. In what time 
can eacli run a mile ? 



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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

[First Grade Certiticate.] 

1. (a) 111 what r«^Rpect is the f-r.rtli like a mng-net ? (1)) 
What and where are the inag-n,etic poles? (c) What is 
meant by the '' line of no vtu'iHtion " ? 

2. liow have Ihe soils of the e.nrth been formed? 

8. Nivme and f.ccount for five areas of sca.nty rainfall. 

4. WhMt are geysers and glaciers ? Give the theory of 
the formation of each. 

5. What causes the phosphorescence of the sea? 

6. (a) How are the tides caused? (b)Distinguish be- 
tween t'/)l>, Jlood, spri7ig i'.nd neap tides. 

7. (a) What fiimily of plants is the largest contributor 
to human needs and comforts? Show how. 

8. (a) What is a valley ? (b) a canon ? (c) When are 
valleys tr<msverse? (d) When longitudinal? 

9. Define erosion, fossil, delict, monsoon. 

10. Exphiin the monsoons of the Indian Ocean. 



JUNE, 1896. 

ORTHOGRAPHY. 

[First, Second or ThirdGrade Certiflcite.] 

1. Define letter, syllable, alphabet, spelling, orthogra- 

2. Define synonym, homonym, paronym, primitive 
word, deriviitive v>'ord. Give examples illustrating each 
definition. 

3. Use the follov.ing iDrefixes and give meaning of the 
word: ex, re, ob, sub, pro. 

4. Correct the spelling of the following words, if in- 
correct: V^lli^:nt, insence, surely, dogmattical, irassable, 
exhaust, loFer, hygxne, Coni.eeticut, predjudice. 

5. Syllabify, mark accent, and give diacritical mark- 
ings of the following words: Genuine, gratis, inquiry, lapel, 
mirage. 

6. Write the following words in a column and opjDOsite 
each write a synonymous word: Cheerful, clamorous, de- 
fective, edifice, enormous. 

7. Give the rule for spelling the second of each of the 
following i^airs of words; Bog, boggy; note, noting; begin, 
beginner; victory, victorious; daisy, daisies; change, 
changeable; shoe, shoeing; hate, hateful; prefer, prefer- 
ence; singe, singeing. 

8. W^rite homonyms of the following words: Need, 
lock, stej), seal, seed, 2)ique, ere, meddle, counsel, station- 
arv. 



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9-10. Spell correctly the following: Vishus, dominoze, 
lettis, benefitted, sedishus, gageable, atturny, boka, shecliel, 
bilyus, chizzle, wevil, lacl^rimal, mortis, korpusel. kristal- 
ize, battalyun, rubarb, sudonim, bizness. 

READING, 

[First, Second or Thix'd Grade Certificate.] 

1. Describe in full the word method; the phonic meth- 
od. Name what you consider the qualities of good read- 
ing. 

2. Define pitch, force, movement, emphasis, inflection. 

3. Give general directions for position and manage- 
ment of body in reading or speaking. Show how lessons in 
reading may be made to serve as exercises in literature and 
cultivate a literary taste. 

4. Wliat other subjects are taught incidentally in con- 
nection witli the teaching of reading? 

5. Give three general directions for reading poetry, 
and state some errors to be avoided. 

6-8. Read a paragraph of prose. 
8-10. Read an extract of poetry. 

[Tlie examiner will grade on the examinee's paper 
tlie last two questions for the use of the Grading C-ommit- 
tee in grading this subject.] 

UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

[Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 

1. Wliy was this continent named America ? 

2. Sketch briefly the settlement of Virginia. 

3. Relate tlie incident connected with ''The Charter 
Oak.'' 

4. What is meant by the "■ Monroe doctrine " ? Wliat 
recent occurrences make this in our foreign relations a mat- 
ter of great importance ? 

5. What events do these dates suggest : 1492, 1607, 1620, 
1754, 1775, 1787, 1812, 1845, 1861, 1863? 

6. Locate and state for what noted in our history: Sar- 
atoga, Yorktown, Gettysburg, Richmond, Chicago. 

7. Name five great inventions and associate with eacli 
invention named the name of the inventor. 

8. Name the last five Presidents, and something of im- 
portance tliat occurred during the administration of each. 

9. Relate some important historical facts connected 
with eacli of the following: Thomas Jefferson, Alexander 
Hamilton, Daniel Webster, Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleve- 
land. 

10. V/hat was the expressed position of the Republican 
party respecting slavery when Abraham Lincoln was first 
elected ? 



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UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. Define history. State your method of teaching 
United States history. 

2. Tell when and wliere the first permanent English 
settlements were made in the United States. 

8. Name and give causes of two wars in which the 
United States have been engaged since 1800. 

4. What have been the impoitant additions to the ter- 
ritory of the United States since 1783? 

5. What is meant by the Civil Service of the United 
States? What evils was the Civil Service bill designed to 
correct ? 

6. Describe the battle of Gettysburg, naming the 
prominent commanders in each army. 

7. What was the necessity of an Electoral Comn'iis- 
sion ? What do you think of the justice of its acts? 

8. Trace briefly the financial history of this country. 
What of the '^ wikf cat'' banks ? Panics of 1837 and 1873? 
What seems to be the present financial policy? 

9. What of the growtii in art, science, literature, and ed- 
ucation in the past half century ? 

10. Explain what is meant by the following: '■^ Pro- 
tective tariff," ''tariff for revenue," "-free silver," ""the 
initiative and referendum," in political affairs. 

ARITHMETIC. 

[Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. Express by Arabic notation twenty billion, nineteen 
thousand, nineteen (one number); by Roman notation six 
lumdred five tliousand (one number); express in figures 
MDL; in words 625.625. 

2. Divide the least common multiple of 7, 42, 6, 9, 10. 
630, by the greatest common divisor of 110, 140, 680. 

3.* A had his money in thi'ee pockets; in the first \, in 
the second ^, in the third $85 more than \ of the whole. He 
invested $75| in a horse, $65^ m a cow, |l8| in a buggy, the 
remainder in sheep at %''l^f_ a head. How many sheep did 
he buy ? [Note.— Don't convert into decimals.] 

4.' Add yIs expressed decimally to 600 and twenty-five 
ten-thousandths; diminish the sum by 5962Vo'o expressed 
decimally; multiply the remainder by six and 34 thou- 
sandths;' divide the' product by six thousand thirty-four 
ten-thousandths, and what is the result? 

5. Divide 375 by .75; .75 by 375; find the product of 
tlieir quotients and express the answer in words. 

6. Find the interest on $1,297.60 for 2 years, 11 months, 
18 days at 7 per cent. 



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7. Beceived $33.25 interest on a sum of money loaned 
5 years previous at 7 per cent. Wliat was the sum lent ? 

8. X owes B .$321, jjayable in one year. What is the 
present worth of the debt^ money being- worth 7 per cent.? 

9. What sum of money will produce $300 in 8 months, 
if $800 produce $70 in 15 months? Solve according to the 
rule for compound jjroportion. 

10. A commission merchant sold a consignment of flour 
at 2% commission and invested the net proceeds in bacon at 
5% commission. • What did he receive lor the flour and p^y 
for the bacon, if his total commission amounted to $150? 

ARITHMETIC. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. What number taken from 'IK times 12| will leave 
20^ ? Find the cost of 20i^ cords of ,vood, if 3^ cords cost 
$li.37io. 

2. What is the difference between the area, of a floor 25 
feet square and that of two others each 12 feet 6 inches 
square ? 

3. When it is 12 o'clock (noon) at Portland, Oregon, 
what time of day is it at Omaha, 96 degrees W,, sui)posing 
that the longitude of Portland is 124 degTees W, ? 

4. A fence five boards high is built around a square 
field containing 10 acres. The top board is 4 inches wide, 
the base board is 10 inches wide, the middle b'oards each (> 
inches wide; what is the cost of the lumber at $12.50 per M? 

5. What per cent, is made by i\ druggist who buys 
medicine a.t $5 a pound, avoirdupois weight, and sells it at 
48 cents an ounce, apothecarits' weiglit? 

6. Find the difference between the true and the bank 
discount on a non-interest Ocaring notre for $6,285 for 9 
months and 15 days, money being worth 6 per cent. 

7. If six men dig a cellar £2.5 feet long, 17.8 feet wide, 
and 10 feet 3 inches deep, ia 3 dviys of 10 hours and 15 min- 
utes each, how many men will it require to dig another in 
12 days of 8.2 hours each, 45 feet long, 34| feet wide, and 
12.3 feet deep ? 

8. (a) Find the square root of 16,49Z),844. 
(b) Find the cube root of 7,301,384. 

9. How much will it cost to piaster a room 16 feet 9 
inches long-, 14 feet 8 inches wid3, 10 feet 6 inches liigh, if 
there are three windows 6 feet by 2 feet 9 inches, two doors 
7 feet by 3 feet, and a baso board one foot wide; the price 
of plastering being 25 cents per square yard ? 

10. What will be the cost in C S. money of a cylinder 
of oil whose diameter is 3 feet and whose tengtla is 4 feeti 
if oil is worth a franc per gallon ? 



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ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 

[Second or Tiiird Grade Cei'tiftcate, 

1. Name eight parts of speech. Which parts of speech 
have inflection ? 

2. Decline: Which, thou, man-servant. 

8. Compare: Good, polite, ill, much, handsome. 

4. Give the principal prrts of: Lie, lay, set, sit, sing-, 
rise, know, bear (Driug forth), raise, fly, 

5. ^A hen are verl s said to be regular ? Give the prin-^ 
cipal parts of four irregular verbs, in the use of which 
wroiig forms frequently occur. 

6. Define declension, conjugation, comparison, voic^ 
and case as used in grammar. 

7. Diagram or analyze: 

'*• He ii>h > filciies from me my good nanif', 
y^obs me of t/iat which not enriches hin.i. 
And iitakes me poor indeed.'''' 
S. Parso in full the eight words italicized in tlie above 
sentence. 

9. Write the synopsis of tlie verb eat with thou in both 
the. indicative and subjunctive moods, passive voice. 

10. Define syntax. Change the following sentences to 
correct syntax, and give reason in each instance for your 
cori'tction: 

(a) They are both alike. 

(b) If I am not mistaken the number is 2B. 

(c) The committee was divided in its opinions, 

(d) I wished really to know. 

(e) P^ither you or 1 are in error. 

(f) Which of the group of men is the tallei'? 

(g) Have you Webster and Worcester's dietionarv, 
(h) There goes Mr. and Mrs. Smith. 

(i) It could not nave been Jier. 
(j) I fetl badly. 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 

[First Grade Certificate,] 

1. Write the po.s,sessive case, both singular an^l plural, 
«>f the iollov»ing: Fly, child, brother, sheeiD, mother-in-law. 
mouse, ox-cart, money, portico, chimney. 

2. Compare and give reason for so comparing eacli: 
Thin, clever, wooden, merry, nigh^ ample, gi'eyi universal^ 
.^hy, LeautifuL 

8.. State tlie difference between j.'/a// and the other rel- 
atives. When are thai and oj relatives ? 

4. Write sentences in which lohat is used as a noun, 
pronoun, adjective, adverb and interjection. 

5. Write the synopsis of the verb eat with he in al] 
jiiodes an.d teiises and in both voices.. 



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6. Aiitalyze : J seem to have been only like a boy playing 
on the seashore, and diverting myself \xv now and then fndini^ 
a smoother pebble or si. prettier shell than ordinary, w/ii'lst the 
great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. 

7. Parse in full the ten words in italics in the above 
sentence. 

8. Which do you consider more important, analysis or 
parsing? For wli'at reason ? 

9. Distinguish between the analysis and diagram of a 
sentence. 

10. Diagram: A School Board which assigns any 
teacher to a school, when there is among its applicants an- 
other teacher unemployed and better qualified for the posi- 
tion, sins against God, the State, and every cliild and patron 
in that school district. 

GEOGRAPHY. 

[First. Second or Third Grade Cerliticate.] 

K Define longitude; latitude; meridian; parallel; 
ecliptic, 

2. Locate and define each of the following: Amazon; 
Vesuvius; Cuba; Nile; Liverpool; Gibraltar; Sr.hara; 
Honolulu; Yukon; Venice. 

i^. .State the name of the line which marks the highesr 
northern limit on which tlie rays of the sun are ever ver- 
tical, and give the date on wliich the sun reaches this 
limit. 

4. Describe the drainage of Florida. Name the five 
largest cities in the State, and locate each. Estimate the 
area and population of Florida. 

5. To what country does Cuba belong? What is the 
cause of the political trouble now brewing tliere ? 

6. How do you account for the climate along tlie coast 
of Alaska ? Labrador ? 

7. Name five of the largest cities of the world and lo- 
cate each. Name five largest cities, five longest rivers in 
the United States, and locate the cities. Give the sources 
of, and the direction and into what winters the rivers flow. 

8. Of what foreign countries are tlie following the 
principal export pri'oducts: Tea, sugar, cottee, cotton, opium, 
cinchona, wool, watches, jute, tin? 

9. Write three columns: In the first, the names of the 
countries of Europe; in the second, the names ol their cap- 
itals; in the third, their form of government. 

10. Draw a diagram of a township, sub-divide the six- 
teenth section into quar-quarters, and locate thus (x). a 
school house in the sw^4 of nei4. 



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COMPOSITION. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Clertiticate.J 

1. What is coinposition ? 

2. What is style? Give four requisites of style, 

8. What is redundancy? What is tautolog^y ? Be* 
move the redundancy in the following sentence; '•'•Every 
man on the face of the f-arth has dutif'S to perform." Re- 
move the tautology in: ''The effects and consequences of 
such corruption and degeneracv are deplorable and lament- 
able." 

4. Giv^e six rules for the use of the comma. 

5. Name and make all th-i other marks of punctuation. 
State briefly the use of each. 

6-7. Write a letter to your County Superintendent, 
using- not les.> than 100 words', giving the following facts: 

Where you were educated, where you last taught, the 
name of the supervisor, the grade of certificate then held, 
where it was obtained, the grade you are now aiming to 
secure, the salary you expect; give two references as to 
your past success as a teacher; or student, if you have 
never taught. 

8-10. First ^\\% outline of your subject and write a 
composition one page in length on one of the following 
«4ubjects: 

My Favorite Books. 
Industrial Education. 
Benefits Arising From Summer Schools. 
The Teacher's Opportunities. 
Note. — In grading the last two consider; 

(1) The thought expressed. 

(2) The correctness and i)ropriety of language 

used. 

(3) The orthography^ punctuation, paragraphing, 

use of capitals, and general appearance. 

PHYSIOLOGY. 

[First Second or Third Grade Certificate,] 

1. Define physiology, anatomy, hygiene. 

2. Give three principal uses the bones aei's-e. Give 
three principal uses the muscles serve, 

;S. Classify the bones of the arm, and name the boneH 
in each class as usually given in the text-books. 

4. Explain the steps of digestion, beginning with mas- 
tication. 

5. Describe the heart, and the principal circulatory 
organs. 

6. Name the principal organs and describe the ])roce,ss 
of respiration. 



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7. Name the grand divisions of the brain, and the func- 
tion of each division. 

8. Tell how to properly care for the eyes, with refer- 
ence to character of light; direction from which it should 
come; size of print; when to rest them. 

9. Describe the nervous system. Into what classes are 
the nerves classified ? What are motory nerves ? 

10. (xive six specific cautions you would teach your 
pupils to observe in regard to eating and drinking. Enu- 
merate some of the liarmful effects of narcotics and alco- 
holic liquors on the human system. What importance do 
you attach to the formal study of physiology and hygiene 
in the common schools ? What is the proper temperature 
to maintain in a schoolroom? What is the teacher's duty 
in regard to ventilation and cleanliness in the schoolroom ? 

THEORY AND PFACTICE. 

(From Page edited by Payne.) 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. Give a brief sketch of the life of David Perkins 
Page, 

2. Name three conceptions of fitness for teaching in 
the order of their historic "1 sequence. What is the real 
basis of fitness for teaching, so far as it can be obtained 
from s tudy ? ( C h ap . I . ) 

3. Scholarship aside, what is the first thing- to be 
sought by a candidate for the office of teacher ? (Chap. II.) 

4. Name four inferences in regard (o education drawn 
from the illustration of the *•' neglected loear tree." Name 
four things for which the teacher is mainly or larg.'ly re- 
sponsible in the education of the young; state the order in 
which the elementary studh^s should be taken up. The 
schoolroom is no place for what kind of teacher? 

(Uiiap. III.) 

5. Name five personal habits indispensable to a teach- 
er's success > (Chap. IV.) 

6. Name in order, if you can, the twenty-two studies 
which a '' good teacher, even of a common school, should 
make himself acquainted with.'" What did Martm Luther 
say of the sciiool-mastev that cannot sing? (Chap. V.) 

7. What is education in the absolute sense? Why do 
even good scholars fail as educators? (Chap. VT.) 

8. Name two erroneous processes of teaching, into one 
of which many teachers fall. What more excellent way is 
illustrated by an ear of corn, and whom does the last pro- 
cess awake? (Chap. VII.) 

9. State briefly nine suggestions which will enable 
teachers to excite interest in conducting recitations. 

(Cliap. VIII.) 



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10. Give in brief seven objections to offering l)rizes as 
incentives to study. Name live proper incentives tbat nia.v 
l)e safelv eniploved to excite interest in stud v. 

' (Cbap. IX.) 

CIVIL GOVERNMENT, 

[First (Jrade Certiticatc. j 

1. Who are citizens of tbe United States? How may 
others liecome citizens? 

2. How are the following- United States officers chosen 
and for what length of time: President, Senator, Repre- 
sentative, Secretary of State. Jud<>e of the Supreme Court? 

8. What is the Constitution of the ITnited States? 
How made? How adopted ? How amended? 

4. Name the three departments of f'overnment. De- 
scribe tlie Iaw-inakin<»- d«^i)artment and tiie stages through 
whicli a United States statute must pass before it becomes 
a law. 

T), What Constitutional qualifications are necessary to 
become a President? U. S. Senator? Representative? 
Why i)rohibit a foreign born citizen from being President? 

6. What is meant by the Australian Ballot ? (live the 
main features of the system. 

7. What is treason? How generally punished? What 
is a " filibuster '' ? 

5. How are territories governed? How do they be- 
come States? Name the principal changes they undergo 
in becoming States. 

y. State three principal duties of each of the follow- 
ing: (Governor, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 
County Superinteiulent of Public Instruction, County 
Board of Public Instruction, School Trustee, Supervisor, 
Public School Teacher. 

10. Who constitute the State Board of Education? 
What creatfs the i^ermanent school fund? What school 
funds are ai)portioned by the State, and upon what basis ? 
From what sources are county scliool funds obtained ? On 
what basis and by whom apportioned? 

ALGEBRA. 

I F-'i 1st ( Jrade Certilicate. ] 

1. Define algebra, (luantity, root, a radical, equation. 

2. Find tlie greatest common divisor, a^ — b^,anda*' 
-b«. 

;i. Find the least common multiple of a^* — b^, a-* — b* 
and a/'— 2ab+b-. 

4. There is a number such that the sum of its \ anc] \ 
exceeds the sum of its ], and \^\ required the^number. 

5. Write the development of the binomial (l-x)**. 



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6. A number is expressed by 3 digits. The sum of thn 
digits is 9. The number is equal to 42 times the sum of the 
first and second, and the third digit is twice the sum of the 
other two. Find the number. 

i/ X , i/ y 



7. Square. ^ + "^ ; Expand (a+;/ a2-x2)^ 

8. Wliat two*^numbers are to each other as 4 to 5, and 
tlie difference of whose numbers is 81 ? 

9. A farmer bought a number of sheep for $80; if he 
had bought 4 more for the same money, he would have 
paid $1 less for eadi; how many d id he buy ? 

10. Solve 2i/x+i/4x+v^7x+2=l. 

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. Define physical geography. What is meant by the 
*•' laws of nature " ? 

2. How have the soils of the earth been formed ? 

3. Exi)lain the trade winds. Tell liow glaciers are 
formed and where found. 

4. Name all the causes that affect the heat and cold of 
a place. 

5. Name some of the great rainless regions of tlie 
earth, and tell why they are rainless. 

6. What are tides? What causes the difference in 
their heights ? 

7. Explain the mutual dependence of plants and ani- 
mals. 

8. What is an equinox? How many are there? When 
do they occur and why ? 

9. If you were at the equator June 4th, which direc- 
tion would your shadow fall ? Give the reason for your 
answer, 

10. Why should more rain fall on a mountain tlian on 
the low lands at its base ? What effect does cutting away 
the timber have upon the climate of a country ? 



SEPTEMBER, 1896. 

ORTHOGRAPHY. 

[First, Second or Tliird Grade Certiticate.J 

1. Illustrate with words all the diacritical marks of the 
vowels a and o. 

2. Write the sufRx with its meaning in each oi the fol- 
lowing words: Divisible, doubtful, waspish, shorten, glob- 
ule. 



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3. Give five nouns, underscoring the suffix in eaeli, flie 
suffixes meaning respectively: Act of, to make, one who, 
pertaining to, state of heing. 

4. Use a prefix with each of the following words, and 
show how the meaning is changed: .Print, fair, iriodest, 
siglit, rate. 

5. What are the words called that sound alike, but are 
spelled differently? That mean nearly the same thing? 

6. Spell and define the following words with two others 
having the same sound as each: Write, road, raise, seen, 
sight. 

7. Add the suffixes en, ness,ist, able, ence to the fol- 
lowing words in order, and give rule for spelling each de- 
rivative: Glad, dainty, copy, service, defer. 

8. Give diacritical marks for two sounds of c; two 
sounds of g. Illustrate each. 

9-10. Spell correctly: Beafstake, ockurence, senteneal, 
lilleys, billyards, inflaimashun, exadgerate, tiranicle, sir- 
single, vaxinate. 

FEADING. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certitlcate.l 

1. (a) What is reading? (b) Define articulation, (c) 
Give an error in articulation. 

2. (a) What is emphasis? (b) Mention three ways of 
using it. 

8. (a) Is there a difference in quantity of tone and 
pitch of voice in reading? (b) Explain your answer. 

4. What drills do you give pupils as to: (a) Position 
of body? (b) Holding of book? (c) Breathing ? (d) Ges- 
ture ? (e) Facial expression ? 

5. How would you conduct a reading lesson in a large 
class, looking to: (a) Correcting errors? (b) Naturalness ? 
(c) Mastery? 

6-10. Head an extract of ten lines each of prose and 
poetry foj your examiner. 

(Examiner will grade from to 25 each extract read 
and deliver same to the Grading Committee to be added ])y 
rhem to the grading of the questions above.) 

UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

[Second or Third Grade Certilicate.l 

1. Name three of tlie chief advantages to be derived 
from the study of history. 

2. Into what periods would you divide United States 
history? 

8. Name rlie wars engaged in by the United States, 
the cause or causes of eacli, with tiie results. 



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4. Of the j^reat orators, wliicli have been Presidents? 
Which of the great generals liave been Presidents? 

5. Which of our Presidents sprang from obscure origin? 
(tive a brief sketch of the early life of each. 

6. Make a list of the Presidents of the Unitt^d States, 
affixing to each name the time he served and the political 
party to which he belonged? (In columns.) 

7. How many electoral votes will tlie State of Horida 
have this year? 

8. Who was the first Governor of Florida elected by 
the people? What man prominent in Florida history after- 
wards became President of tlie United States? 

y. Name five important acquisitions of territory. Wiio 
was President when eacii was ac(iuired? Tell what led to 
the acquisition in each case. 

10. What is the paramount (pieslion at issue in the 
present national campaign ? What does eacli i)arty clain» 
will be the result if the other triunii)hs? 

UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

[First Grade Certiticate. J 

1. Why is history valuable as a study? Why is the 
history of t!ie United States important to us ? 

2. Ciive a sketcii of the territorial development of tlie 
United States. 

3. Name the leading (luestions at issue at the follow- 
ing dates: 1812, 1882, 1844, 1850, I8«0. 

4. What did each of the following write: Irving, Bry- 
ant, Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, Poe, Emerson. Lowell, 
Uooper, Hawthorne ? 

5. Name three Presidents whose elections were at- 
tended with unusual circumstances. an(i explain those cir- 
cumstances. 

6. Who was the author of " Millions for defense, but 
tiot a cent for tribute "? 

7. What States, besides the original thirteen, i)ec'anie 
States without having been organized as territories ? 

8. How did the United States get Florida? Who was 
the first (lovernor after it became a State? 

9. Uouple the names of the inventors with what you 
considtM- the five jrreatest American inventions. 

10. What are the principal questions at issue in the ap- 
proaching national election? State tlie i)osition of the 
three leading i)arties. 



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ARITHMETIC 

ISeiHUul or Tiiird (Jradf Certilioite. 1 

1. Dividt' one hinulrf^tl and oiu' tenth l»y thirteen thon- 
snnclths. 

2. A owned jj «>t' ;i factory and sold ^ of his sliare to 
P>. who sold \ '•' what he honjiht to (', who sold % of what 
he l)ought to I). What part of the whole factoi\v did each 
of them still own after the last sale? 

ii. A and B hire a pasture for $15.50. A puts in Scows 
and H puts in 12 cows. How much must each pay? 

4. Reduce .r)25 of a year to months and days. 

5. The longitude of 'Tampa is S2° 25' W. The longitud<' 
of San Francisco is 122° HO' W. When it is 1 p. m. in Tam- 
l)a, what time is it in San Francisco? 

H. Sold two houses at $2,4S4 (^ach ; on one 1 gained SV,, 
and on the other I lost \^%. What per c(Mit. did I gain or 
lose on tlie transaction ? 

7. What % of ;j is t? 

S. How must goods costing 15 cents a yard be marked 
to yield a gain of HH,^ per cent.? 

ij. What will he the proceeds of a HO day note for $ I ,- 
200, if discounted at a bank at "6% IIS days after it is drawn? 

10. Sold a fann for $1,800 on a conimission of 5%; in- 
vested the net proceeds in oranges, reserving a commission 
of 8%. How uiany boxes of oranges did I buy. and how 
mucli change had 1 over? 

ARITHMETIC, 

fl-'irst Grade (lertiticaU". ] 

1. Divide %1\ among 5 boys and H gills, giving each boy 
\ as much as eacii girl. How much will each get? 

2. What time is it when \ of the time past noon equals 
\ of the time before midnight ? 

H. What pel' cent, did a huckstei' make or» his invest- 
mi^nt, who bought five bushels of chestnuts at $H a bushel, 
dry measuj'e. and ivtailed them at 10 cents a (piart. liquid 
measure? 

4. What will be the pi-oceeds of a l)0-day note, face 
$800, dated August 15, 1S9H, and bearing interest at 8 i)er 
cent., if discounted Sept. 8, 18VJB, at 10 per cent.? Kank dis- 
count, 860 days counted a year. 

5. How far is it in a straight line from the northwest 
corner of Sec, 0. Townshi]) 2 N. of Range ;J west, to the 
southeast corner of Sec. 85, T. :> S., R. 8 K., neglecting all 
corrections foi- curvature of earth's surface? Draw a dia- 
gram. 

B. What will be my gain on 85 shai'es of stock bought 
at 82i, brokej-age |%, and sold at 109|, brok<^rage -1% ? 



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7. Kohii, Furchg'ott & Co. have an account with Fi^^kl 
iV: Leiter which stands as follows: 

DEBIT ITKMS CREDIT ITEMS. 



April 10, 


1896, Mclse. 


.$150 00 


April 12. 


'^ 80, 


ii. ki 


. 400 00 




May 16, 


li i.k 


. 100 00 


May 1, 


J one 24, 


11 1.1 


. 500 00 


June 7, 



^^ - 200 00 
'' - 400 00 
When should a note in settlement of the above account 
jiave been given? And what is now due (Sept. 8) on the 
acct., counting interest at 8%, 860 days to the year? 

8, How many squrire feet of galvanizied sheet-iron will 
be required to make a cubical tank, witliout cover, which 
will contain 1000 gallons of water ? 

9, How many lead balls, 8 inches in diameter, will 
weigh as mucli as one iron ball 12 inches in diameter? Sp. 
(t. of lead being 11, iron 7, 

10, What will be the weight of an iron column in the 
shape of a hollow cylinder whose walls are 2 inches thick., 
outer circumference 25,1828 inches, and length of pillar 12 
feet? (A cu.bic foot of water weighs 62^ lbs. Sp. Ct. of 
iron 7.) 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 

[Second or Third Grade Certiftcate. 

Jt. Write the possessive case, plural number, of: Jt. 
which, cupful, son-in-law, Knight-Templar. 

2. Which parts of speecii are declined? Which ar«- 
compared? Wliich are conjugated? Decline son-in-law. 
who, it. 

8. Compare: Fit, much, fore» up, nigh. 

4. Decline in full the 8rd personal pronouns. 

5. Write the synopsis with //c of the -verb <v?A7i in th»^ 
progressive form in the active and passive voices. 

6. Parse in full eacli word in, '' Whence all but him 
had fled." 

7. Correct, give rule for corrections and diagram: -'The 
chimneys were built from brick." 

8. Write a simple sentence witli the subject, predicate 
and object each modified » 

9. Diagram or analyjie this sentence, and parse in full 
Italicized words: 

The clouds zo/uik rise with thunder, slake 

Our thirsty souls with rain ; 
The blow most dreaded fails to (n-eak 

Prom off our limbs a cluiw. — IVhittier^ 

10. Write sentences of the following kinds: 

(a) A compound declarative sentence, each of its 
parts being complex; one containing a rela- 
tive clause, the otlier containing an adverb- 
ial clause denoting time» 



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(b) A complex inteiTo<;ative sentence containing- 

an adverbial clause denoting- place. 

(c) A simple declarative sentence with the verl) 

in the potential present. 

(d) A compound imperative sentence, 

(e) A simple sentence containin<>- two sii)i»ular 

subjects connected by or. 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR, 

[First Grade Certiticate.] 

1. Write the possessive singular and plural of: Man. 
?»rother-in-law, country, he, enemy. 

2- When more than one, give ditterent plurals and ex- 
plain the formation of the plural of the following; Staff, 
Miss Smith, Mrs, Jones, Dr. Coe and Lee, flsh, l)ose. 
heathen, four pair, by score, politics. 

8- Compare: Good, polite, ill, mueh, handsom<^. and 
give reason for each comparison. 

4. Write the synopsis with thou of the verb aiuh in 
botli the active and pa.ssive voices, indicative and sub- 
junctive modes. 

5. Correct, give law and diagram; ''Every one of tiie 
Ijerson.s who have Dews in their church have' concurred in 
the same sentiment." 

6. Write a complex sentence, complex in subject, pred- 
icate and object. 

7. Th':re has always been a question whether mei> who 
are reared within the friction of great cities have the better 
■opi)ortunities for develoi)ment, or whether they may be' 
eome stronger or more robust from constant communion 
with the sublimity of nature, where the great peaks lift 
their faces to the skies and the streams ir.ake music as they 
ilow toward the sea- — Charles E. Fi/ch. 

(a) iSelect from the above exercise and write in a 

column the following; An adjective phrase; 

an adverbial phrase; an adverb that modi' 

lies another adverb; a predicate noun; two 

adjectives in the comparative degree, one 

compared by means of a suffix, the other l)y 

means of an adverb; a relative noun; an iii' 

transitive verb; a verb in the potential 

anode; two correlative /corresponding, altejv 

nate) conjunctions. 

K In The exercise aUove, give two words that connect 

clauses; ^ixe the iirst proijosition; name a noun never useil 

jji the plural; give the subject of the sentence; parse ///<-/•,■. 

i). Diagram the following; 

I like the lad who, when his father thought 
To clij^ hl^s morning nap by hackneyed praise- 
Of vagj'aiit ^\oj'm by early songstejt- caiigJd,. 



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Cried. "Served him riglitl 'tis not at all surpris- 
ing:-; 
The worm was punished, sii', for early rising/' 

— Sdxe. 

10. Pars;- in full from the above: Lad, who, when, 
clij). eaught, cried, served. ri<>ht, sir, Saxe. 

GEOGRAPHY. 

[Kirst. Second or Tliird tirade ('ertiticjite. ] 

1. Name fen i>reat nations of the earth and the capital 
of each. 

2. What are the tropics? Why so placed ? What is 
longitude? Wliat is the greatest longitude a place can 
have? What is the greatest latitude a place can have? 

H. Describe the island of Cuba, giving its size, popula-' 
tion and products, and the trouble that exists there now. 

4. What and wliere are the following: Pyrenees? 
Blanc? Danube? (xibraltar? Selvas? Sardinia? Pekin? 
Tanganyika? Olympia? Orinoco? 

."). Name ten States of the United States and the ca^)!- 
tal of each. 

(i. Name five rivers in the United States that empty 
into the Atlantic Ocean, and five States that touch the 
(Julf of Mexico. 

7. What would you teach about France? 

8. Name a Sta^e in the United States proininent in the 
production of gold; of cotton; of wheat; of tobacco; of 
manufactured articles. 

9. Describe PTorida. (xive its history, surface, prod- 
ucts, rivers, cities, population, and area. 

10. Name the principal <^xports and imports of the 
United States. Name five prominent nations with which 
the United States has commercial relations. 

COMPOSITION. 

[First. Second or Third tirade ("ertillcate. i 

1. Name live essential points to be considered in grad- 
ing i\ comi)Osition. 

2. (live five important rules for the use of capital let- 
ters. 

H. Write five rules for the use of the comma. 

4. Name five figures of speech and illustrate each with 
a sentence. 

5. (rive reasons why it is best to outline a sul)ject be- 
fore writing upon it. Name the essential properties of 
good style. 

(>-l6. Write an essay of not less than ;i(Kl words on one 
of the following subjects: 



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(a) IngTatitude. 

(b) The greatest needs of the Florida public 

school system. 

(c) The value of studying methods of teaching. 

(d) The duties of the teacher to the community. 

(e) Are teachers' training schools desirable? 
Note. — In grading the composition, observe the spell- 
ing, ijunctuation, capitalization, grammatical construction, 
value of the thought expressed and the general appearance. 

PHYSIOLOGY. 

[First Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. What are the offices of the skeleton ? Name and 
locate the bones of the upper body. 

2. What are muscles ? Explain the muscular system, 
naming the largest and most important muscles. 

3. Name all the organs of respiration. Explain the 
consequences of re-breathing the air in a room. 

4. ExiDlain the function of each of the excretory or- 
gans. 

5. Name the organs and explain the process of diges- 
tion. 

6. What is the effect upon digestion of drinking great 
draughts of ice water ? 

7. What effect has alcohol upon digestion ? What 
upon the heart? Upon the brain and the nervous system? 

8. For warm climates which is the better food', meats 
or vegetables ? Explain your answer. 

9. Should one work or study just after eating? Why 
should one not eat rapidly, or when mad or worried ? 

10. Explain the effects of chewing tobacco and smok- 
ing. Whicii is more injurious and why? 

THEORY AND PFACTICE. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certiticate.l 

1. Name three requisites in the teacher for good gov- 
ernment. How would you secure good government in your 
scliool? 

2. In what manner and to what extent should a teacher 
make himself a useful citizen in the community where he 
labors ? 

3. Write a jjrogram for a day's exercises in the com- 
mon school. 

4. What is the last resort of a teacher in securing good 
order and establishing government ? What is punishment? 
AVhat is the object of punishment? Name thi:ee proper 
punishments. Name some improper punishments. 



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5. What is the object of the lesson ? By what should 
the teacher be governed in assigning a lesson ? 

6. Of what value are reviews ? What methods are 
tiiere of conducting reviews ? 

7. Explain the relation that should exist between the 
teacher and the parents of his pupils. 

8. How may a teacher improve himself in his profes- 
sion ? 

9. What special preparation should a teacher make for 
his first day of school? How would you occupy the first 
iiour of the first day of school? 

10. Give a concise definition of teaching. Name some 
of the qualities that should be possessed by a good teacher, 
scholarship aside. Salary aside, name some of the rewards 
of a faithful teacher. 

CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. What is government? Into what departments is 
the government of the United States divided ? 

2. How are members of the House of Representatives 
chosen ? How long do they serve ? How are Senators 
chosen? How long do they serve? What is the presiding 
officer in each branch of Congress styled, and how is he 
elected ? 

3. What is the ratio of representation in the House of 
Representatives? Where do all bills for raising the reve- 
nue originate ? 

4. Name three powers given to, and three proliibitions 
phiced upon. Congress. 

5. Explain in full the manner of election of a Presi- 
dent of the United States. 

6. What is impeachment? Which branch of Congress 
has the sole power of impeachment ? Which branch tries 
Impeabhments? Wliat is the limit of punishment in cases 
of impeachment? Who presides over the Senate in case a 
Senator is being tried on impeachment ? 

7. In what ways may a bill become a law under the 
Constitution of the United States? 

8. By the Constitution of Florida, in what is the legis- 
lative function of the State vested ? The Executive ? Does 
the Governor of Florida, liave the veto power? Is lie eligi- 
ble for re-election ? If so, explain under what circum- 
stances. 

9. What officers compose the State Board of Educa- 
tion in Florida? 

10. Under the Teachers' Uniform Examination Law, 
what certificates are granted ? What grades are required, 
and for what time are the different certificates granted ? 



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ALGEBRA. 

[First Grade Certiflcate. | 

1. Define the following: Algebra symbol, equation, 
identical equation, exponent, coefficient, simple equation, 
quadratic equation, binomial, surd. 

2. Factor Uix^y^— 225z«. 

3. Find the highest common factor of x^ -8, and x' — 
«^x"^-f-llx-6. 

4. Resolve a« — b" into all of its prime factors. 

2x+y , 2y-x x^+y"^ 

5. Divide -^Tzp^+^—l ^ by ^7^2 

6. Solve by three methods: j '^;^74^'^!i\ | 

7. A can do a piece of work in 8 days a nd B in 12 days ; 
they work together for 4 days when B quits; how long did 
it take A to finish the job? 

8. Divide 4^ 5(1 by 2^5^ 

9. Find tlie equation whose two roots are 5 and 2. In- 
sert two geon:ietrical means between 24 and 192. 

x+1 a+1 

10. Solve --== — ^ 

V X 1 a 

1. Where do tourists go to see the " midnight sun '" ? 
At what season and in what direction is it seen ? 

2. Would a clock whose pendulum was of the right 
length to keep correct time in Jacksonville need to be regu- 
lated differently for Upernavik ? Give reasons for answer. 

8. How would the climate, drainage, etc., of South 
America differ from present conditions, if the earth's rota- 
tion were the reverse of wliat it is now ? 

4. Explain the monsoons. 

5. Name and account for five areas of scanty rainfall. 

6. What is the general cause of earthquakes? 

7. Name and locate the principal types of mankind. 

8. Would a canaJ througii the Isthmus of Panama af- 
fect the Gulf Stream? Give reasons for answer. 

9. Account for deltas. 

10. Can man do anything to check the excessive rise 
and fall of rivers? 



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JUNE, 1897. 



ORTHOGRAPHY. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. Define: Root, i)mnitive, derivative, homonym, 
synonym. 

2. Syllabicate, mark diacritically the vowels and the 
accented syllable of the following: Abdomen, condolence, 
rapine, lowering, api^aratus, hymenean, acclimate, in- 
ventory, finance, dictionary. 

3. Give the rule in each case and spell the deriva- 
tive formed by uniting in order the following ten words 
and affixes: Admit and ance; prefer and ence; model and 
ing; hate and ing; desire and able; outrage and ous; value 
and able; glory and ous; plenty and ous; bounty and ful. 

4. Form a derivative by using each of the following as 
a suffix or i)refix, and illustrate the meaning of the suffix 
or iDrefix: In, ad, ante, ate, ful, pre, semi, bi, sub, 
dom. 

5. Write a homonym of each of the following: Pole, 
hole, faint, seed, done. 

6. Form derivatives by uniting with the following- 
words i)refixes meaning: Again, not, wrongly, the op- 
posite act, before, print, fair, judge, obey, sight. 

7-10. Spell correctly the following words, spelled as to 
sound: Ven'zn, likoris, vaksinat, striknine (poison), frajil, 
sanggwin, i)lajiary, j)awlzied, konshienshus, newter, lettis, 
surflt, isikle, preseed, teatotaler, fassade, auderble, para- 
shoot, seperation, assension. 

READING, 

[First, Second or Tiiird Gi'ade Certificate,! 

1. Name some of the principal objects that should be 
aimed at in teaching reading, 

2. Give your idea of an appropriate recitation in a be- 
ginner's reading class. 

3. Define monotone, inflection, modulation, emi^hasis, 
pitch. 

4. Define phrase, clause, paragraph, stanza, apostro- 
phe. 

5. Give your method for improving faulty articulation. 

6. (a) Is reading an act of the mind or an act of the 
lips only? (b) Give reasons for your answer. 

7-8. Read a paragraph of prose. , 

9-10. Read one or more stanzas of poetry. 
(Examiner will grade from to 20 the last two ques- 
tions, and deliver the same to the Grading Committee. 



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UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

fSecond or Third Grade Certiticate.] 

1. What people claim to have discovered America firr^t, 
and what do you think of their claim ? 

2. (a) What is known of the government of the In- 
dians when the colonists first arrived? (b) Of the titles of 
their leaders? (c) Of the character and name of their 
dwellings? (d) Of their domegtic utensils ? (e) Of theii- 
clothing and food ? 

3. Give an account of the first legislative body that as- 
senibled in the Colonies. 

4. When, where, and by whom, was the Declaration of 
Independence written ? What body adopted it ? 

5. What was the leading idea that led to the founding 
of each of the following Colonies: Virginia, Maryland, 
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Georgia? 

6. Why are each of the following celebrated in his- 
tory: Andre, Arnold, Ethan Allen, John Endicott, Roger 
William.s, Lafayette, Daniel Boone, Alexander Hamilton, 
AVashington Irving, Alexander H. Stephens? 

7. Name the territory of the United State*^ ai^.quired 
by purchase; by conquest; by annexation. 

8. How did people live, dress, travel and transmit mail 
in the days of Washington ? 

9. Give the following facts in regard to your own coun- 
ty: (a) Enrly settlement; (b) when and how it became a 
separate county; (c) the origin of its name; (d) present 
population; (e) chief industries and future outlook. 

10. Tell what you know of the term. ''The Greater- 
New York/' 

UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 
L What are the chief benefits to be derived from the 
study of history, and what subjects «hould be taught jn 
.connection with it? 

2- Give tlie principal epochs im tlie history of what is 
m.)w the United States. 

3- DistiuguLsh between the Provimiial, Continental 
;and Federal Congress'j«. 

4. Give the meaning and origin of each of the follow- 
ing political terms: Loco-focos, Nullification, Free Soilers, 
JCnow-uothings, Underground Railroad, Secession, South- 
ern Confederacy, Emancipation, Car]3et-baggers, Mug- 
wumps. 

5. (a) Who enunciated the doctrine, "To the victors 
ibelong tJje spoils "? (bj What is meant by " Civil Servjcn 



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Reform"? (e) Under whose administration was it inau- 
gurated ? (d) What is likely to be the outcome of it? 

6. What is meant by the " Monroe Doctrine "? What 
recent occurrence made this question prominent again ? 
Exi)lain. 

7. Write five questions you would ask a class about th«^ 
'■ Dred Scott Decision." 

8. Give a brief sketch of the first one of each in the 
United States: (a) Eailroad; (b) steamboat; (c) news- 
paper; (d) telegraph; (e) cotton gin. 

9. What do you understand by the '' Resumption Act" 
of 1879, and the Sherman Silver Bill repealed by special 
session of Congress in 1898? 

10. What do you understand by the "free and unlim- 
ited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 "? 

ARITHMETIC. 

[Second or Third Grade Certit1c»te.l 

1. The divisor was 17, the quotient 16, the remaindt-r 
15; what was the dividend ? 

2. Prove that the value of a fraction is unchanged 
when botli the numerator and denominator are either mul- 
tiplied or divided by the same number. What change 
really occurs in either case ? 

8. Reduce to a mixed number, | — §X|-j-i8"=~9- 

4. Add six and four-ten-thousandtlis and 64.004; di- 
minish their si:m by sixty-nine and four ten-thousandths; 
multiply the difference by four hundredths; divide the 
product by twenty thousand eighty ten-million ths, and 
write your answer in Roman characters or by Roman nota- 
tion. 

5. Divide 109 mi. 7 fur. 29 rds. 7 ft. 8 in. bv 4|. 

6. The longitude of Honolulu is le57° 50' 85" W., and 
that of Washington is 77° 0' 15" W.; when it is 1 a. m., 
Julv 4, at Washington, what is the date and hour at Hono- 
lulu? 

7. What must be the marked price of hats costing- 
!^2.40 so as to gain 16| per cent., though sold 20 per cent, be- 
low marked price ? 

8. A factor sold wheat on a commission of 4 per cent., 
and invested the net proceeds in corn, after retaining- his 
commission of 8 per cent, for investing. If hLs entire con.- 
mission amounted to $785, what was the number of bushels 
of corn purchased, corn being quoted at 88^ cents a bushel ? 

9-10. On a note for $9,600 for 1 yr. 6 mos., interest and 
discount each being 6 per cent., find each of the following: 
(a) The simple interest; (b) the annual interest; (c) the 
compound interest, interest compounded semi-annually: 
(d) the true discount; (e) the bank discount. 



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AFITHMETIC, 

[First Grade Certiticate. 1 
I. A and B can do a piece of Mork in 18 days, A and V 
in 12 days, B and V in 9 days; liow many days will it takn 
them, all working- together? 

8. A desires to la^' out into square lots of the greatest 
possible size a piece of land 201g rods long and 41 1 rods 
wide; how many lots will there be? 

4. A sold a consignment of cotton on 8 per cent, com- 
mission, he invested the proceeds in city lots, after deduct- 
ing his purchase commission of 2 per cent. His wiiole 
commission was $265; what was the price of the city lots? 

5. If 248 men, in 5| days of 12 hours each, dig a ditch 
of 7 degrees of hardness, 282^ yards long, 8| yards wide, 
and 2^ yards deep; in how many days of 9 hours each, will 
24 men dig a ditch of 4 degrees of hardness, 8871 yards long, 
~^\ yards wide, and 8i yards deep ? 

NoTf:. — Use cause and effect rule, and cancellation. 

6. What sum must be invested in stock bearing (Ji per 
cent, interest at 105 to produce an income of $l,t)00 an- 
nually ? 

7. A cube immersed in a rectangular reservoir 86 inciies 
long and 16 inches wide raises the water 8 inches; wiiat is 
the edge of the cube ? 

8. A commission merchant received 85,000 bushels of 
4)ats, which he sold at 82 cents per bushel. He was instruct- 
ed to invest the proceeds, together with .$4,000 cash sent 
him, in jDrints at 5| cents per yard. If his commission, 
both for buying and for selling, was 2 per cent., how many 
yards of prints did he buy ? 

9. At a mark a cubic foot, wnat was the cost in United 
♦States money, of a solid cylindrical stone road-crusher, 6 ft. 
.6 in. long, and 5 ft. 4 in. in diameter? 

10- What will \{ cost in United States money to gild a 
sphere 2 feet in diameter at one-half franc a square inch ? 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR, 

[Second or Third Grade Certificate. 

1. (a) Into what classes are common nouns divid«nl? 
(b) Name all the properties of nouns, 

2. (a) Give the plurals of: Wharf, cherub, crisis. Miss 
Ley, p. (b) Give the feminines of: C/ar, testator, earl, 
l)eacock, sultan. 

8. Write the possessive case, singular and plural, of: 
Lily, son-in-law, goose, ox, which, Knight-Templar, 
thief, poetess, child, thou. 

4. Define four classes of pronouns, and najne two of 
each cla.ss. 



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5, Compare the following: Fine, peaceable, witty, 
hot, ill, lore, out, much, nimble, forth. 

6, Give all the classes of verbs: (a) As to form; (b) as 
to meaning, (c) Name all the modifications of the verb. 

7, Write the synopsis with thou of the verb see through 
mU modes and tenses of the j)assive voice. 

8, Diagram and analyze : 

"' He who from zone to zone, 

Guides through the boundless sky the certain 
flight. 
In the long way that I must tread alone. 

Will guide my steps aright. '^ 

9, Farse in full the italicized words in the following: 

(a) Not a word of that,, if you please. 

(b) It is believed by many that bribery ivas nsed, 

(c) Is he as wdse as Solomon ? 

(d) He has a disposition worth a mine of gold. 

(e) Be not like dumb, driven cattle. 

10, Separate the following into all of its i)hrase and 
clause elements, and tell the kind and what each modifies: 

^' He Uveth long who liveth well; 

All else is life but flung away; 
He liveth longest who can tell 

Of true things truly douvi each day." 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR, 

[Firsi Grade Certificate.! 
1, Writ© sentences illustrating the use of: (a) Pronom- 
val adjectives; (b) compound relative pronoun; (c) parti- 
cix)ial adjectives; (d) infinitive used as a noun; (e) infini- 
tive used as an adverbial modifier. 

2» Write or cj^uote a compound complex sentence, both 
subjects and predicates having clause modifiers. 

8. There has always been a question whether men who. 
are reared within the friction of great cities have the better 
opportunities for development, or whether they may be- 
come stronger or more robust from constant communion 
with the sublimity of nature, where the great peaks lift 
their faces to the skies and the streams make music as they 
flow toward the sea^ — Charles E.. Eitch^ 

(a) Select from the above exercise and write in a 
column the following: An adjective phrase; 
an adverbial phrase; an adverb that modi- 
lies another adverb; a predicate noun ; 'two- 
adjectives in the comparative degree, one 
compared by means of a suffix, the other by 
means of an adverb; a relative pronoun; au 
intransitive verb; a verb in the potential 



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mode; two correlative (corresponding-, alter- 
nate) conjunctions, 

4. (a) Give all the modifications of an active transitive 
verb, (b) Write the synopsis \s\i\\ thou of the verb Jt't' in 
the passive voice of all modes and tenses. 

5. Diagram or write the full analysis of the following: 

'' He prayeth best who loveth best 
All things both great and small; 

For the dear (Jod who loveth us, 
He made and loveth all." 
iS. Parse in full the words in italics in the following: 

(a) '•''What \\\W\ entreaty, -vhat with tlireatening, 1 

succeeded." 

(b) ''That is ivorth whiles 

(c) '' Woe worth the day." 

(d) '' I took him for better or loorseS''' 

(e) ''Forgive me///-^v this onw.'' 

7. Write a sentence containing all the parts of speech. 

S. Write the principal parts of: Lie, sow, bear (car- 
ry), hew, hold, lay, seethe, shake, strow, strive. 

9-10. Correct the syntax in each of the following, and 
give the reason: 

(a) Virgil has often been compared to Homer. 

(b) She reads well for a new beginner. 

(c) Thou has helped us, and shall we not pay you? 

(d) He don't improve mucii in writing. 

(e) Can I speak to Mary? 
(f ) He is older than me. 

(g) Evervone can master a grief but he tiiat hath 

it. * 
(li) Who are you looking for. 
( i ) I will not permit of such conduct. 
( j) The jury could not agree in its verdict. 

GEOGRAPHY. 

[First. Second or Third Grade Certiticate.] 

1. Draw a diagram of the globe, marking thereon the 
lines which divide it into zones, the latitude of each line, 
and the width of each zone in degrees. 

2. (a) Name four important purposes subserved by the 
study of geography, (b) Wherein do these determine how 
the s'ubject should be taught? 

.■J. Name four important rivers in the Ignited States 
which serve as State boundaries. Name the States tlius 
bounded. 

4. Name five ol 'the chief industries of the following 
sections of the United States: (a) New England States; 
(b) South Atlantic States; (c) North Central States; (d) 
llockv Mountain States; (e) Gulf 'States. 



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5. Make the following comparisons between Florida 
and California: Area; population; climate; pliysical feat- 
ures; products; wealth; wet and dry seasons; water 
courses; size of metropolis; animal life. 

6. To what countries would you go for large quantities 
of each of the following: Sugar; coffee; tea; opium; ivory; 
carpets; silk; sponges; cotton; wheat? 

7. Name the European countries now at war and the 
causes of the same. 

8. Give the following facts in regard to Cuba: Area in 
square miles; i^opulation ; cliaracter of inhabitants; chief 
products; the reasons why Spain puts such value upon the 
island. 

9. Compare South America and Africa; (a) As to lati- 
tude; (b) general outline; (c) character and number of in- 
habitants; (d) products; (e) general importance to man- 
kind. 

10. (a) Name five leading imports to the United States 
and tlie countries from which each comes, (b) Five lead- 
ing exports and the States producing each. 

COMPOSITION. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certiticate.l 

1. Why is short daily practice in composition product- 
ive of greater skill in writing well than longer and less 
frequent exercises ? 

2. Give four rules for the use of the comma; two for 
the use of tlie semicolon; four requisites of a good style. 

3. (a) Why is it necessary to paragraph? (b)"What 
should be the relation of each paragraph to the others and 
to the subject? (c) Of each sentence to the others and to 
the paragraph ? 

4. Define and illustrate each: Simile, metaplior, met- 
onymy, synedoche, vision, epigram, personification, 
climax, irony, hyiDerbole. 

5. (a) From what sources sliould pupils get the basis 
for their composition? (b) Why is an outline importanr 
in writing a comi^osition ? 

6-10. Prepare an outline and write a composition of not 
less than two hundred words on one of the following su])- 
jects: 

(a) Bribery in Elections. 

(b) Summer Schools for Teachers. 

(c) Present Needs of Our Public Schools. 

(d) Necessity for Broad Scholarsliip in a Teacher. 

(e) Necessity for Teachers to be Extensive Read- 

ers. 
.^^r*The Grading Committee will consider the following 
in valuing the composition: Capitalization, punctuation, 
spelling, paragraphing, diction, style, value of the thought, 
and general appearance. 



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PHYSIOLOGY. 

[First Second or Third Grade L'ertitioaie.l 

1. (a) Illustrate three uses of hone, (h) How could 
you tie a hone into a knot? 

2. Where is each of the following- glands located: 
Lachrymal, sebaceous, salivary, perspiratory, lymphatic? 

8. Describe three functions of the skin. Give rules 
for the care of the skin. 

4. Name the organs and juices, and describe the pro- 
cess of digestion till the food becomes chyle. 

5. Tell in detail the l)ad effects of fast eating; of large 
draughts of ice water while eating. 

6. Describe minutely the functions of the liver. 

7. (a) Tell the importance of exercise., (b) When 
should it be sparing or avoided? (c) What the uses of 
sleep? (d) Why do children require more than adults? 
(e) Name four means nature has provided for protecting 
the eyes, 

h" Describe the cerebro-spinal system. 

9. (a) Are hypodermic injections of narcotics dele- 
terious ? Describe the effects of alcohol on each of the 
following: (b) The brain; (c) the stomach; (d) the kid- 
neys; (e) the blood. 

10. (a) What is the poisonous e]ement in tobacco? (b) 
Why are cigarettes injurious to a growing boy? (c) What 
are the effects of breathing expired air? (d) How would 
you ventilate a schoolroom? (e) How should a bedroom 
be ventilated ? 

£j^**Answer all questions concisely, simply show that 
you have read the work carefully and grasped the idea. 

THEORY AND PRACTICE. 

(From llewetfs I'edagogy.) 

[First, Second or Tiiird Grade Certificate.] 

1. (I) What is pedagogy? (2) Name the three ''i)ii- 
material powers of man." (8) Name and define the four 
powers of the Intellect. (4) Illustrate the office of each of 
these by comparing '' Knowledge to grain." (5) Give the 
subdivisions of these four powers as presented in " Scheme 
II. (Chapters I, II and 111.) 

2. Define the following: (1 ) Conscience; (2) The Will: 
(8) A facultv; (1) Consciousness; (5) Attention. 

(Chapter IV.) 

8. (1) What is education? (2) Distinguish between 
learning and education. (8) Illustrate the relation of 
teacher and pupil by representing the teacher as a "- gar- 
dener." (4) Illnstrate by using the '^ fence and hedge" 
that there is no ^'shortcut" to an education. (5) When 
ishould special education begin ? (Chapter V.) 



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4. (1) Name ten of the powers of the mind of a child 
necessary to develop, and for which ''Hints on Training'' 
are given. (2) In training the sensihilities, name the five 
emotions necessary to strengthen. (8) How may a pupil's 
love for yourself he awakened, and what should he done 
with the*^ teacher who says, '' I never did love children " ? 
(4) How may the '' attention of a child " be gained, and 
how can it' not be secured? (5) In developing in a, child 
the emotion of '' hatred," what caution should be observed ? 
(Chapters Vl-VlII.) 

5. (1) Name the most important factor in any school, 
or system of education. (2) Name three proper motives 
for teaching. (8) When, and in which ''three distinct 
fields " should be made preparation for teaching? (4) "I 
spoiled a hatful of eyes in leariiing"; explain the connec- 
tion and what pedagogical principle was illustrated by this 
remark. (5) What objection is urged by " tlie school-keep- 
er" for not progressing in his profession? (Chapter IX.) 

6. (1) Mention four intellectual and four " moral habits " 
a teacher should cultivate in himself. (2) Stress the im- 
portance of a teacher's first day in school, and name six 
duties pertaining to the " first day's work." (8) Distinguish 
between "tell, teach and train." (4) Illustrate the latter 
by using the "blacksmith's" apprentice. (5) Give some 
advantages of a daily programme of exercises. 

(CUiapters XI-XIII.) 

7. (1) What is the relative importance of management 
as compared with instruction and training? (2) Wliat 
should the teacher govern in himself? (8) What is said of 
corporal punishment, and how it should be administered? 
(4) Name some of the specific qualities in a teacher essen- 
tial to good discipline. (5) Mention as many as you can of 
the twelve principles enunciated as aids to good manage- 
ment. (Chapters XIV and XV.) 

8. (1) Give the five essential elements of a good recita- 
tion. (2) What is it that prompts the teacher to recite for 
his pupil? (8) Who does most of the talking in a model 
recitation? (4) What is said of " leading (piestions " ? (5) 
What is said of concert recitations, and of asking questions 
around the class in regular order ? (Chapters XXI and 
XXII.) 

9. (1) " Reading is talking from a book "; discuss this 
in ten lines so as to develop what is true "oral reading," 
and how it should be taught. (2) When scientifically 
taught, what two other subjects is a primary pupil learning 
while learning to read? (8) What does modern education 
say should be taught, which some of the "old masters con- 
sidered criminal to catch a child doing "? (4) Does tech- 
nical grammar, as usually tauglit, drill in the correct use 
of the English language? (5) At what stage in a pupil's 



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education should technical j^ramnuu' he taken up? (('haj>- 
ters XXIII and XJX.) 

U). (1) How may proper relations hetween teacher and 
school otticers and parents l)e secured and nuuntained? 
(2) To what account may the teaclier turn exhihitions and 
Friday eveninj;- exercises? (8) How may a teacher avoid 
-'shriveling up into a mere pedagogue 'Mn the estimation 
of practical men ? (4) May a teacher play with his pupils ? 
( 5) What says Hewett of '•'Oh, anyV)ody can teach little 
ehildren ''?' (C'liapter XX. ) 

j^i^This paper is made long purposely, ho])ing to in- 
vite a carel'ul reading of the ])ook hy those who have not 
digested it. The (trading Committee is instructed to give 
a rising mark to any examinee who answers ten of the 
questions tally and well. 

CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

i Kirst Grade Certificate, 1 

1. Why should C^ivil Oovernment be taught in puhlie 
schools ? 

2. Give the three branches of the general government, 
and tell why it is best to have so many. 

8. (a) Wliat body usually elects a President? (b) 
Who selects this body, and how many representatives has 
tills State in it? (c) VVhat are the three conditions of eli- 
gibility to the Presidency? 

4. (a) W^liat are the qualifications for Ignited States 
Senator? (b) Distinguish between Joint and Executive 
Session, fc) How is a U. S. Senator elected? (d) Wliat 
change in method is desired and how may it be secured ? 
(e) Who fills vacancies in this office, and undei' what con- 
ditions does such a Senator fail to get his seat? 

5. Explain what is meant l)y impeachment; describe 
the method and tell wliich body impeaclies. 

6. Tell wiiat is meant by the following: (a) A patent; 
<b) a copyright; (c) felony: (d) piracy; (e) treason; (fj 
an alien; (g) a naturalized citizen; (li) a passport; (i) im- 
ports; (j) tariff for revenue. 

7. (a) Distinguish between a territory and a State, (b) 
Ciive in brief the duties of executive officers of this State, 

8. (a) How many members compose each brancli of 
the Florida Legislature? (b) Wliat tlie ('onstitutional 
limit of the session and per diem of the ))iembers ? (c) 
Irive the different steps necessary i\\ making a State law. 

9. What is meant by each of tlie following: Writ of 
habeas corpus; ex post facto law; l)ill of attainder; a ger- 
rymander; a filibuster? 

10. Answer the following in regard to scliool law: 

(a) Wnio has the power to establisl) and nuniber a 
school district ? 



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(b) Who is authorized to fix salaries and employ 
teachers, and what is necessary to make 
both binding- ? 

(c) Who may vote in an ordinary school meeting? . 
In a subdistrict election ? 

(d) What are the sources of State school revenue ? 
What constitutes County school fund ? 

(e) AVliat in your judgment constitutes good moral 
character in a teacher? 

(f) Are certificates or diplomas granted in other 
States valid in this ? 

(g) Between what ages may children legally at- 
tend a public school ? 

(h) What pupils may be charg-ed tuition, and what 
must be done with the money ? 

(i) What number of hours service constitute a 
school day ? What number of days a school 
month ? Has any Board the right to de- 
mand a greater number for a month's 
salary ? 

(j)To whom and how often should a teacher re- 
port? What the consequences if he fails to 
report, or if his report be incomi)lete or in- 
correct ? 

ALGEBRA. 

[First Grade Certiticate.l 

1. (a) Prove thai> any quantity with a zero exponent 

s 1 ; (b) that a~m:=_L 
am 

2. Factor x«-l, 8x2+23x+14, and x2-v«. 

H. Find the G. C. D. of 8x3-4x"'^v+3xy2_2va and 4x"'^ — 
7xy+3y^ 

4. Find the L. C. M. of a•■^-3ab+2b•^ a2-ab-2b^ and 
a-'-b^ 

5. Find the values or x and y, and illustrate thre^ 
methods of elimination with the equations 3x+5y = 19 and 
5x— 4y=:7. 

6. Five years ago the age of a father was four times 
that of his son. Five years hence the age of the father will 
l)e 2| times that of his r;on. How old is each ? 

7. Expand by use of the binomial theorem, (2a2-|-3bc)^- 

c. T7- 1 .. 1 ^ • v^-^ 4i 6^-9 
S. Find the value of x m — ^= =z — 

1 6x-f2 4-, 6x-f6 
9. Find the time between 3 and 4 o'clock when th^F 
hands of a watch make a straight line. 



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LO. The joint stock of two partners was $1,()()0; A's 
money was in trade 9 months, B's 6 months; when they 
shared stocl^ anid gain, A received $1,140, and H -tfUO. Wiiat 
\vas each man's stock ? 

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

[First Grade Certificate. 1 

1. To what five other sciences is physical geography 
intimately related ? 

2. Distingnish between oceanic and continental isl- 
ands. Illustrate by naming examples. 

H. Explain the origin-of winds and tides; and account 
for constant oceanic currents. 

-1. What are geysers and glaciers? Give the theory of 
the forniation of each. 

5. Account for volcanoes and earthquakes, and tell 
why they are confined to certain sections. 

6. What does the history of animal life, as recorded in 
the rocks, show ? 

7. Define erosion, fossil, delta, canyon, monsoon. 

8. Explain why mountain tops imder the direct rays of 
a tropical sun are covered with snow; and tell what jjur- 
poses such mountains subserve. 

9. What is snow, hail, dew, rain, frost ? 

10. Account for the origin of coal; of coal oil. 



SEPTEMBER, 1897. 

ORTHOGRAPHY. 

[First. Second or Third Grade Certilicate.] 

1. (a) Distinguish between the merits of oral and writ- 
ten spelling- (b) Give reasons why neither should be dis- 
carded altogether. 

2. Unite the following and give the rule for spelling in 
each case: Blame — able, charge — able, pale — ness, true — ly, 
busy — ness, duty — ous, spry — ly, snob — ish, prefer — ed, ben- 
efit — ing. 

o. Syllabicate and mark diacritically the vowel in the 
accented syllable only : In vgiitory, dolorous, quinine, dec- 
ade, idea, inquiry! abdomen,' bicycle, towards, ho- 
rizon. 

4. Form a derivative word by using each of the follow- 
ing as a suffix, and illustrate the meaning of each suffix; 
En, dom, ness. ism, ity, cle, ling, able, ary, ous. 



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T). Define each word formed by uniting in order to a 
i-oot a prefix meaning: P'rom, not, towards, beyond, 
witli, between, down, before, around, half. 

6. Write a paronym of each ot the following: Man. 
principle, pendant, corporal, stationary. 

7. Write and define a homonym for each of the follow- 
ing; Need, rabbit, corps, seller, quire, cygnet, bald, 
bruise, fame, plain. 

S. Write in order a synonym of each of the following: 
Custom, invent, dexterity, prolific, antique, revolt, 
rough, eminent, misfortune, accelerate. 

9-10. If wrong, correct the spelling of the following: 
Eezle, domisil, effect, desendant, silinder, demagog, fik- 
Vishus, catapiller, manicle, etomology, ekstacy, elemosin- 
ary, aleet, Elskimo, efiishent. indelable, rhinoceros, satalite, 
sintillate, hypokracy. 

FEADING. 

1 First, Secoad or TliirJ Grade Certirtcate.] 

1. Name five other branches that should be taugMit in 
connection with the reading lesson. 

2. What two ordinary school appliances does the scien- 
tific teacher of primary reading use more tlian chart or 
primer? 

8. (a) Define reading, (b) Distinguish l)et\veen silent 
reading and oral, (c) Distinguish between teaching reading 
and a process of word calling, (d) Would you begin with 
script or print with a primary class in reading? (e) (xive 
reasons for your last answer. 

4. (a) Distinguish between the word method, phonic, 
sentence, and letter methods, (b) AVhen should the phonic 
method be dropped? 

5. (a) Make an outline analysis of how you would teach 
a class in tlie Second Reader, which had been properly 
taught in the First, (b) What changes would you make in 
your method and objects in teaching an advanced reading 
class ? 

6-8. Read for your examiner a paragraph of prose. 
9-10, Read an extract of poetry. 

UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

I Second or Third (fl-ade C^ertificate. I 

1. Tell from whom and how the United States obtained 
the territory einbraced within each of the following States: 
Louisiana, Ohio, Florida, (■alifornia, Alaska. 

2. (a) When and by whom wnre negroes introduced in- 
to the United States? (b) When and bv what authoritv 
was the slave trade prohibited ? 



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8. Recall the peculiar circumstances of the Presiden- 
tial elections of 1800 and 1824, and tell wherein they differed 
from the contest of 1876. 

4. Tell all you know of each of the following: (a) The 
-'Hartford Convention"; (b) the Nullification Ordinance. 

5. In what consists the chief difference between the 
New England and the Southern concention of the U. S. 
Constitution ? 

6. What is meant by the following: (a) Tariff for reve- 
nue? (b) Reciprocity ? *(c) Free Silver ? (d) Civil Service? 
(e) Free Trade ? 

7. Couple the name of the inventor with five of the 
most important American inventions. 

8. In pleading for what cause did each of the follow- 
ing render himself famous as an orator: Samuel Adams, 
Wendell Phillips, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, Benj. 
H. Hill? 

9. Name the States admitted into the Union since the 
Civil W^ar. 

10. (a) What did President McKinley do immediately 
after he came into office? (b) What law has just been 
passed in consequence of his action ? 

UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

[First Grade Certificate.! 

1. (a) What of the Mound Builders? (b) What evi- 
dence can you give to prove that they were not the ances- 
tors of the Indians? 

2. Upon wh^t basis did each of the following lay claim 
ro lands now in the United States: (a.) Spain; (b) France; 
( c ) E n gl a n d ; ( d ) Holland? 

8. Write a sketch of Washington's administration, 
noting: (a) His foreigii policy ; (b) tlie notions of the peo- 
ple in regard to the government; (c) the rise of political 
parties; (d) condition of home affairs on assuming the 
presidency; (e) condition on his retiring from office. 

4. Discuss the '' Doctrine of State Rights " in the light 
of the following: (a) Kentucky and Virginia resolutions; 

(b) Massachusetts Legislature relative to the war of 1812; 

(c) the '' Hartford Convention " ; (d) the Nullification Ordi- 
nance of South Carolina; (e) the Ordinance of Secession. 

5. Distinguish between the '' Virginia Plan" and the 
'' New Jersey Plan " in the U. S. Constitutional Conven- 
tion. 

6. Trace briefly the financial policy of the United 
States irom Alexander Hamilton to Wm. McKinley. 

7. Tell why each of the following became distinguished 
in American history: Wm. H. Prescctt, Elias Howe, 
Charles Sumner, William Cullen Bryant, Eli Whitney, 



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8. What do the stars and what the stripes signify in 
our flag? Wlien was this flag first used? 

9. Name the great political parties of today, and give 
the distinguishing features in tiie platform of eacli. 

10. Tell what you know about the circumstances which 
each of the following suggests: (a) Weyler; (b) Klondike. 

ARITHMETIC. 

[.Second or Third Grade Certiflcite. 1 

1. If I of 4| bushels of beans cost $o|, what will ^ of % 
of 20 bushels cost ? 

2. (a) l-f xi+4|^3|+4^= ? 

(b) (i-f)X (1+41)-^ (81+4/4)==? 

3. Multiply 16 by sixteen hundredths, divide the prod- 
uct by sixteen ten-thousandths and express tlie quotient by 
Roman notation. 

4. (ci) AVhat is tlie value of the wheat, at $lg a bushel, 
in a box 10| ft. long, 5^ ft. wide, and 6| ft. deej^, the box be- 
ing level full. (Use approximate rule in gauging the box.) 
(b) If a cask containing /,, the capacity of the above box is 
half full of wine, wliat will be its value in U. S. money at 
10 francs a gallon ? 

5. A teacher invests $200 in books at 33| per cent, be- 
low list price and sells them to his students at 16§ per cent, 
above list price; what per cent, does he make on his invest- 
ment ? 

6. A trader sells two horses for $100 each; on one he 
gains 20 per cent., on the other he loses 20 per cent. Did he 
gain or lose, and what per cent, on both horses? 

7. Divide 2 sq. mi. 120 A. 8 sq. ch, 12 P. 500 sq. 1. 
equallj^ between 8 heirs. (Do not reduce the whole to 
square links.) , 

8. Find the square root of the third power of 1.6 cor- 
r<3Ct to four decimal places. 

9. (a) A receives a semi-annual income of $180 from 
Florida 6's; what was his total investment in bonds if they 
were quoted at 110^, brokerage \ of 1 per cent.? (b) What 
annual rate does the investment pay if tlie interest for the 
first half of each year is immediately loaned at 1 per cent, 
a montli ? 

10. If a tank 6 ft. long, 3 ft. wide and 2 ft. deep con- 
tains 4i hogsheads of water, liow deep must a tank be that 
is 8 ft. long and 5| ft. wide to contain 22^ hogsheads of 
welter ? 



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ARITHMETIC. 

[First Grade Certificate.! 

1. B sells \ of liis cattle to A, \ to C, '^ of the remain- 
tier to D, and fintls that 48 head is ^^ of what lie has left. 
How many cattle had he at first? 

2. Seven men start tog-ether around an island 120 miles 
hi circumference, -acli walkings, 6|, 7^, 8^, 9J, \K)\ and 11^ 
miles an hour respectively. In how many days will they 
all be tog-ether again, if they walk 12 hours a day ? 

3. The sides of a triangular lot are 1154 ft., 128J ft. and 
134f ft. respectively. How many boards will it take, and 
what will it cost to fence it with lumber at $72 per M., the 
longest boards possible being used,, and the fence being 5 
boards high, the bottom one 10 in. wide, two 6 in. wide, and 
the others 4 in. wide ? 

4. A and B are partners. A's capital is to B's as 5 to 
8; at the end of 4 months A withdraws \ of his capital and 
B § of his. At the end of the year their whole gain is $400, 
how much of the gain does each get? 

5. A grocer bought 86 bu. 8 qt. of nuts at $8.20 a bushel, 
and sold them at 12 cents a liquid quart. Did he gain or 
lose, and how many dollars ? 

6. x\t what per cent, below x^ar must 4^ per cent, stock 
be quoted, to yield the same per cent, on the investment as 
h\ per cent, stock at a premium of 23| per cent., brokerage 
\ per cent, in each case? 

7. At Washington, 77 degrees west longitude, it is 12 
minutes past 7 p. m., while it is 2 p. m. on the Sandwich 
Islands; what is the longitude of the Sandwich Islands, 
and are they east or west of Washington? 

8. A square lot is bordered by a walk 1 yd. wide, the 
^ lot and walk together occupy 2| acres; find the cost of pav- 
ing the walk at 25 cts. a sq. yd. 

9. If a sphere 2 ft. 1 in. in diameter weighs 8,125 lbs., 
what is the diameter of one of the same material weighing 
819.2 lbs.? 

10. Find by approximate rule the number of bushels 
of grain in a conical vessel whose base is 8 ft. in diameter 
and altitude 4 ft. 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 

[Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. AVrite both the possessive singular and plural of the 
following: Miss Ley, sister-in-law, countess, chimney, 
solo, deer, ox, who, it, x. 

2. Decline in both numbers each of the simple personal 
pronouns. 

8. Write all the participles and infinitives, both active 
and passive, of the verb love. 



68 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, September, j8gy. 

4. Compare the following; Little, able, pretty, beau- 
tiful, infinite, near, far, much, holy, wholly. 

5. Give all the properties and the order of stating them 
in parsing (a) The noun; (b) the verb. 

6. Diagram tiiis sentence: This examination will be 
easy for those tyi*chers who habitually prepare the lessons 
before attempting to teach them. 

7. Write the synopsis with he of the verb am in all 
moods and tenses. 

8. Parse in full every word in the sentence : He got 
what he deserved. 

9. Give complete analysis of the following, and parse 
in full the words in italics : 

" The patriot, whom the corrupt tremble to see arise, 
may well feel a grateful satisfaction in the mighty power 
which heaven has delegated to him, lohen he thinks that he 
has used it for those purx30ses only which heaven approves." 

10. Correct each of the following and give the reason : 

(a) Each w^oman brought their work with them. 

(b) My mother she thinks I am too young. 

(c) That couple are very devoted to one another. 

(d) It never has and never can be done. 

(e) He acts like he was sick. 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR, 

[First Grade Certilicate.l 

1. Parse in full the words italicized in the following: 
'^Greatly //^rt'j-^^?', the sturdy warrior lifted his own 

hat, and said, ' I honor the man or boy who can be neithei- 
bribed W^iY: frightened \x\t<d doing zurong. With an army of such 
soldiers, I could conquer not only the French, but the world; ' 
and, handing the boy a glittering sovereign, the old duke put 
spurs to his horse and galloped away." 

2. Account for all the marks of i3unctuation in the 
above. 

3. Give the two principal clauses in the above quota- 
tion. 

4. Select and classify all the object complements in 
the above quotation. 

5. Make in order a list of all of each in the above: (a) 
Adjective elements; (b) adverbial elements. 

6. Write the synopsis in the passive voice of the verb 
cheat with he in all moods and tenses. 

7.- Write a sentence with an infinitive used: (a) Asa 
noun; (b) as an appositive; (c) as an adjective; (d) as an 
adverb; (e) as an object coniplement. 
8. Diagram or analyze: 

''The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark 
When neither is attended; and I think 
The nightingale, if she should sing by day 



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When every goose is cackling, would he thought 
No better a musician than the wren." 
9-10. Correct' each of the following, if wrong, antl givt' 
the reason for each cliange : 

(1) It is he and not J that is to blame. 

(2) Tliose kind of sentences are confusing, 

(H) Would you strike j^our wife — her who has al- 
ways been so devoted to you ? 

(4) It is natural for every one to esteem their own 

best. 

(5) He looks bad, and I feel badly. 

(6) If we study the science of teaching we will 

teach well. 

(7) He intended to be there. 

(8) It has laid there for a week. 

(9) Can I leave the room ? 

(10) He died with ylelow fever. 

GEOGRAPHY. 

[First. Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 
1- (1) Give the number of great circles extending north 
and south; (2) the number east and west. (8) (xive reasons 
for your answer. 

2. Mention the States through which a car of salt must 
2)ass by a direct route from Salt Lake City to Boston. 

3. Name the i^rovinces of Canada and the chief indus- 
tries of each- 

4. Name the leading industry of the following; Oma- 
ha, Milwaukee, Augusta (Ga.), Cleveland, Pittsburg. 

5. (1) Name the longest and the shortest day in the 
year. (2) Explain why each is so. 

6. Give the names of all the principal divisions of land 
and water crossed by the equator, 

7. Give proofs that the earth rotates on its axis from 
west to east. 

8. Name all the governments of Europe, and the jne- 
tropolis of each, 

9. Tell the following of Cuba: (1) Between what paral- 
lels; (2) area in square miles; (8) climate; (I) productions; 
(o) races and character of the people. 

10. Draw a township, nund^er its sections, su))divjde 
the 16th as much as is necessary to place a cross (X) in the 
SEi of SF4 of NWi- 



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COMPOSITION. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certiiicale.J 

1. (a) Name the most general use of comi^osition. (b) 
X-xive the six parts of a formal letter. 

2. Write a formal letter of at least five lines to some 
firm in New York, in which all of the six parts are proper- 
ly located, capitalized, punctuated, and signed by a ficti- 
tious name. 

3. Give rules for using direct, indirect and divided 
(luotations, and for paragraphing. 

4. Discuss diction, and give rules for acquiring elegant 
diction. 

5. Give your ideas how and how often composition ex- 
ercises sliould be conducted in every school. 

6-10. Make a topical outline of not less tlian five heads, 
including the introduction, discussion and conclusion, and 
write a composition of not more than 800 words on one of 
the following subjects: 

(1) The Use and Abuse of Examinations. 

(2) The Schoolmaster's Place in Society. 

(3) The Pleasures of a Well Informed Mind. 

(4) Tile Value of County Institutes and Summer 

Schools. 

(5) Why the Rich are Influential. 

"Note. — In grading the composition consider tlie or- 
rliography, capitalization, punctuation, paragraphing, dic- 
tion, tlie value of the thought expressed, and tne general 
appearance. 

PHYSIOLOGY. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 

1. (1) Of what service is the skeleton ? (2) How is the 
spinal cord formed, and what purpose does it subserve ? 
(3) What is the composition of bone? (4) How many in 
the body? (5) Name some of tlie uiost important ones." 

2. (1) Name the two grand divisions of muscles. (2) 
Describe their structure and give the uses of each class. 
(3) Describe and tell the office of tendons. (4) Give the 
name and office of the largest tendon in the body, (5) Con- 
sidering the muscles, what is the value of exercise and 
rest ? 

3. (1) Describe the structure of the skin. (2) Tell six 
functions of the skin. (3) What is the value of bathing; 
the kind; the time for it? (4) AVhy is clothing necessary? 
(5) Give the disadvantages of too tight, too heavy, unclean. 
wet, cheaply dyed clothing. 

4. Name all the organs, and describe the whole process 
of digestion, including the action of all fluids until tht- 
food enters circulation or becomes tissue. 



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5. (1) What is food in a physiolog-ical sense? (2) ()r- 
j^'Hiiic food is divided into what two general groups? (8) 
What are chemical constituents of each group? (-1) From 
what sources are each of these constituents found in the 
greatest abundance? (5) Name the inorganic foods, and 
tell why each of the following is needed: Lime, phosr 
phorus, iron and the alkalis. 

6. Tell to whicli class, the albuminoid or carbonaceous, 
each of the following belongs, and its value as a food prod- 
uct: Fisli, milk, butter, eggs, wheat bread, sweet potatoes. 
peas, apples, onions, mustard. 

7. How do alcoholic stiuiulants affect each of the fol- 
lowing: Heart, liver, kidneys, brain, and nerves? 

8. (1) Can the evil effects of it be transmitted by 
parent to child ? (2) Why are malt liquors and light wine's 
tlangerous? (8) Give some of the evil effects of tobacco, 
especially upon the young. (4) Name some of the narcot- 
ics, and tell what effect they have ujjon the system. 

9. Wliat is most likely to induce sunstroke, what tlie 
symi^toms, and wJiat should be the treatment if no phy- 
sician is near? 

10- Discuss the evils of bad cooking and the value r)f 
right cooking. 

THEORY AND PRACTICE 

J8®" Questions on White's School Management, first 150 pages. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certiiicate.l 

1. What, says the author in the preface, are the two 
most obstructive foes of needed progress in school train- 
ing? 

2. (1) What serves as '-' a guide in practice " in deter- 
mining the best means and methods of teaching? (2) What 
is said of ''test of devices"? (8) of '' worthlessness of 
scores of de v ic &»'•:" ? (4) What is the end of school disci- 
pline? (5) Name the six topics to be considered in a prac- 
tical treatment of school government. 

3. Name the seven essential " elements of governing 
pow^er." 

4. (1) What does the teacher need more than ''person- 
al magnetism " and "natural aptitude"? (2) Give reasons 
for the necessity of " daily study," and quote the rea«on of 
Dr. Arnold, of Rugby, why he did it. 

o. Give in brief tlie arc'iJinent used under tlie sul)- 
lieads; (1) "Acquisition of skill"; (2) "Individuality"; 
(8) " C'rank turning"; (4) "Teacher's personal examplV"; 
(.")) " Teacher's spirit." 

6. What law would the author, if lie luid the [xnver, 
write over every schoolroom door ? 

7. Name six "requisite qualifications," wJiicJi are 
" conditions of eas^' control," 



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8. (1) Give the author's distinction between a "- condi- 
tion " and a ''device'' in school g-overnment. (2) Name 
the four '' mechanical devices." (3) Give a kind of synop- 
tical brief of the arguments advanced for the adoption of 
each of the above devices. 

9. Name ''the seven school virtues" of every well 
ordered school. 

10. Under the head, "School Incentives," give in or- 
der the " royal nine."' 

CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. Distinguish between four different forms of govern- 
ment. 

2. Describe briefly each of the "four groups of rights."" 
8. (a) Explain what is meant by Magna Cliarta; (b) 

the origin of taxes. 

4. (a) Wliat is meant by the supreme law of the United 
States? (b) Describe the three dex)artments of government 
for which it provides. 

5. (a) What is the necessity for political parties? (b) 
Name all the conventions necessary to secure a nominee 
for President, (c) Give some of the benefits and some of 
the evils of the convention system, (d) Which is the most 
important in the system of conventions? 

6. (a) What is a State? (b) Name the departments of 
a State government, (c) Give in brief the duties of the 
Administrative officers of this State, (d) Give the number 
of State Senatorial districts and the number of lower house 
or assembly districts, in this State, (e) Tell how a terri- 
tory becomes a. State. 

"7. (a) How did it happen that Congress was composed 
of two houses? (b) For how long, and who elect members 
of each house? (c). What are the qualifications for mem- 
bership in each? (d) How are vacancies in each house 
filled ? 

8. Give the Executive Departments of the Federal 
Government. 

9. (a) What was the object of "The Australian Ballot 
System "? (b) Give the main features of it. 

10. (a) Who is a school patron ? (b) AVho are qualified 
electors in choosing a school supervisor? (c) State the du- 
ties of a supervisor, (d) Who has the authority to form 
school districts and to assign teachers? (e) What is meant 
by the one mill tax, and what is done with it? 



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ALGEBRA. 

[First Grade Certiticate.l 



1. Simplify (a-^-|-b2-|-c2+2ab+2bc+2ac)H-(a b— c). 

2. A man walking- -1 miles per hour has 30 minutes the 
start of a boy on a bicycle. How many miles per hour 
must the boy go in order to overtake the man in 20 minutes. 

8. (tIvc the prime factors of the following-: 

m^-n^. a^'+ns, a«— b«, p»+p-'+l, n-^,-2 no+o'^ 

4. Of the following' quantities, x^ — 2x='-f 6x — 9, 6x^— 4x=^ 
-16x2+12x-6flncl: (a) a.C. D.; (b) L. C. M. 

5. A and B, in a game of baseball, are each at the bat 
IT) times. B makes 2 hits to A's 1, and A gets out 1^ times 
as many times as B. Find the number of hits and outs of 
each, supposing each gets out when he does not make a hit. 

6. Raise 2a'-'+4b=' to the 7th i^ower by the binomial 
theorem. 

7. Multiply (x-y)3 by (x+y)*. 

8. Find the values of x in x - 1=2-|- — 

t). Find the values of x and y: 

2.-^^8; A_-_L=21 
X y x"^ y2 

10. A man purchased a field, whose length was to its 
breadth as 8 to 5. The number of dollars paid per acre was 
equal to the number of rods in the length of the field; and 
the numl)er of dollars given for the whole was equal to 13 
times the number of rods round the field. Required tlie 
length and breadth of the field. 

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

[First Grade Certiticate.l 

1. Of wliat does physical geography treat? 

2. (1) Explain the cause of night and day. (2) The 
causes of the changes of seasons. 

8. Distinguish between maps of the earth on the fol- 
lowing projections: (1) Mercator\s; (2) equatorial; (8) 
polar; (4) conical. 

4. Give proofs of the present heated condition of the 
interior of the earth. 

5. (1) What is an atoll? (2) What does their existence 
in any part of tlie earth prove? 

6. (1 ) How are tides caused ? (2) Distinguish between 
ebb, flood, sjjring, and neap tides. 

7. (1) Give proofs that the greater weight of the at- 
mosphere lies within a few miles of tlie earth's surface. 
(2) Explain the origin of winds. 

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8. Give the characteristic fauna of the following: (1) 
North America; (2) Soutli America; (3) Australia; (4) 
Greenland; (5) Cuba. 

9. (1) Distinguish between vertical and liorizontal 
distribution of vegetation. (2) What are the conditions 
requisite for forests ? 

10. Tell the following of Alaska: (1) Its area; (2) its 
principal islands ; (8) its principal trees; (4) its principal 
animals; (5) describe the river system of the Yukon. 



JUNE, 1898. 

ORTHOGRAPHY. " 

TFirst, Second or Third Grade Certiflcate.] 

1. Define: Orthography, primitive word, derivative 
word, prefix, suffix. 

2. Unite each of the following primitive words witl) 
the suffix, and give the rule for tlie spelling: Close — ure, 
singe — ing, charge — able, plan — ing, fancy — ful, differ — 
ed, prefer— ed, plenty — ous, red — en, model — ing. 

3. Separate the iDrefix and the root in tlie following de- 
rivatives and write after eacli prefix its meaning: Abed, 
a^fternoon, belittle, midsummer, misname, withstand, 
unkind, outstrip, disobey, foresight. 

4. Form a derivative by using each of the following as 
a prefix or suffix, and define each word formed: Age. ery, 
cule, dom, fule, ish, ity, ment, ness, post. 

5. Write the following and opposite each a homonym: 
Rude, sear, surf, serge, auger, throw, team, suite, 
root, strait. 

6. Syllabicate and mark diacritically tlie vowel in the 
syllable primarily accented in each of the following: In- 
ventory, financier, ally, gratis, apparatus, sinecure, re- 
cess (noun), agriculture, abdomen, alternately. 

7. Form ten derivatives by using as a prefix or suffix 
each of the following, once only, meaning: One who, across, 
times, between, like, against, little, without, full of, 
made of. 

8-10. Spell correctly : Damning (obstructing), bulitin, 
census (enumeration), reserrection, restorant, separation, 
malliable, privilege, corister, pregudice, hipokrit, projeny, 
orkestra, kleek, missle. 



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READING. 

fPirst, Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 

1. Name in order the steps you would pursue in teach- 
ing- a beginner to read. 

2. When a class has reached the Fifth Reader, state 
what you aim to accomplish by the reading exercises, and 
how you would conduct a recitation. 

8. Name the necessary qualifications of a successful 
teacher of reading. 

4. What other subjects should be taught in connection 
with reading? 

5. Name the books you have read that have been es- 
pecially helpful in directing you how to teach reading. 

6. Read for the examiner, without previous knowledge 
of what you would read, a paragraph of prose. 

7. Read for the examiner, he selecting tne piece, one 
or more stanzas ol poetry. 

UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

[Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 

1. Tell what you know of ''The Starving Time,'' and 
wJiat followed in the early history of the country. 

2. Relate the story of the sending of wives to Virginia. 

8. What" of •■' bond servants," '' redemptioners " and 
slaves, in the colonies. 

4. Tell the history of Patrick Henry, and his part in 
precipitating the Revolutionarj" War. 

5. What forms of religi(3us worship were established 
by law in different sections before the Revolution? To 
whom is the country indebted for religious freedom, free 
speech, and a free press? 

6. (a) Give an account of the United States navy in 
the war of 1812. (b) Give an account of the battle of Bla- 
densburg and the subsequent results. 

7. Why is each of the following celebrated in history: 
Arnold, Ethan Allen, John Endicott, Roger Williams, La- 
fayette, Daniel Boone, Alex. Hamilton, Washington Irv- 
ing, Alex. H. Stephens, Admiral Dewey. 

8. Describe the Civil War from Bull Run to Gettys- 
burg. 

9. Relate the historv of the term, ''The Greater New 
York." 

10. Tell the causes of the present war with Spain. 



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UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

[First Grade Certificate. 1 

1. What are the chief benefits to be derived from the 
study of history, and what subjects should be taught in 
connection with it ? 

2. Give the principal epochs in the history of what is 
now the United States. 

3. Distinguish between the Provincial, Continental 
and Federal Congresses. 

4. Give the meaning and origin of each of the follow- 
ing political terms: Loco-focos, Nullification, Free Soilers, 
Know-nothings, Underground Eailroad, Secession, South- 
ern Confederacy, Emancipation, Carpet-baggers, Mug- 
wumps. 

5. (a) Who enunciated the doctrine, '^To the victors 
belong the spoils "? (b) What is meant by '^ Civil Service 
Reform " ? (c) Under whose administration was the lattei- 
inaugurated? (d) What is likely to be the outcome of it? 

6. What is meant by the '' Monroe Doctrine " ? What 
recent occurrence made this question prominent again ? 
Explain. 

7. Write five questions you would ask a class about the 
"Dred Scott Decision. '^ 

8. Give a brief sketch of the first one of each in the 
United States: (a) Railroad; (b) steamboat; (c) newspaper; 
(d) telegraph; (e) cotton gin. 

9. What do you understand by the "• Resumption Act " 
of 1879; the Sherman Silver Bill repealed bv special session 
of Congress in 1898 ? 

10. What do you understand by '•' the free and unlimit- 
ed coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 " ? 

ARITHMETIC. 

[Second or Third Grade Certificite.l 

1. (a) Express in words, 605006. (b) Write in figures: 
Eight hundred trillion, eight billion, eight million, eight 
hundred thousand, eighty, (c) Write: Fifty-five thousand 
eight hundred sixteen dollars, five cents, "(d) Express by 

Arabic notation: XDCCCXXIl. (e) Express one million 
by Roman notation, using one letter. 

2. 4+11 XB- (5+28^4+24)^6=? 

3. Write all the prime factors of 4862. 

4. A can walk around a race-course in 12 min,, B in 15 
min., and C in 18 min. If they start togetiier and keep 
walking each at his own rate, how many minutes will 
elapse before they are all three together at the starting- 
point, and how many times will each have made the cir- 
cuit? 



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5. Tlie peiululinn of one clock makes 25 beats in 2S 
seconds, and that of another cU)ck 80 beats in 84 seconds. 
If the clocks are started at the same moment, when first 
after starting will the clocks beat together aj^ain ? 

6. What is the exact value of 

j 8+2i-| of «+ ^ f -^H '! 

7. When it is noon at Pliiladelphia it is'^K) min. past 5 
o'clock p. m. at Paris. What is the longitude ,of Paris, the 
longitude of Philadelphia b<4ng 75^ 10' ? 

8. Find, by using approximate measurement, how 
many feet high a box 5 ft. square must be made to hold KHI 
bushels of rice. 

9. After getting a note, without interest, discounted at 
a bank for 8 mo. at 6 per cent., T had $8o-1.42. What was the 
face of the note? 

10. A man purchased a horse, giving in payment his 
note at 6 per cent. At the end of 8 years and,6jnonths he 
found that he owed $42 interest. How much did the hors< 
cost him? 

ARITHMETIC. 

[First Grade Certificate. | 

1. A farmer brought to market 8 jars of butter, weigh- 
ing 27, 29, and 40 pounds respectively. The empty jars 
weighed 4^, 4|, and 7j pounds. The butter was sold for $28. 
Give the price x^er pound in th^* fraction of a dollar. 

S 21 Hi 8 

2. Reduce ) T^-^TT \ X"7r+.01 to a decimal. Give 

answer correct to six deciiDal figures. 

8. Find the value in U. S. money of the contents of a 
purse containing 85 sovereigns, 27 half-sovereigns, 18 
crowns, 41 half-crowns, a guinea, and a shilling. 

4. Express .65 of a pint as a decimal of a bushel. 

5. Fifteen persons agree to purchase a tract of land, 
(jut three of the company withdrawing, the investment ol" 
each is increa.sed .$150. What does the land cost ? 

6. If the assessed valuation of a town is $2,860,000, aju) 
the t^own has 640 polls, paying $1.50 each, what must be the 
rate of taivation in order to raise $10,400? 

7. What is the difference l)etween the present worth 
and proceeds of $560 due in 2 yr. 6 mo., at 6 per cent.? 

8. If 5 horses eat as iriuch as 6 cattle, and 8 horses and 
12 cattle eat 12 tons of hay in 40 days, how much hay will 
l)e needed to keep 7 horses and 15 cattle 65 days ? 

9. If a globe of gold 1 incli in diameter is worth $120, 
what is the diameter of a glol)e of gold worth $64oo? 



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10. If a child should receive 1 cent at birth, 2 cents on 
the second birthday, 4 cents on the third, etc., how much 
would he be worth wdien 21 years of age ? 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 

[Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1 . (a) Distinguish between practical and technical 
grammar, (b) Tell which should be taught first, and give 
reasons for your answer. 

2. Separate the following into all of its propositions, 
clauses and phrases, classify, and tell what each modifies: 

''Nobody knew how the fisherjiian brown. 
With a fook of despair that was half a frown. 
Faced his fate on that furious night. 
Faced the mad billows with hunger wdiite, 
Just wathin hail of a beacon light 
That shone on a woman fair and trim 
Waiting for him.'" 
H. Parse in full in the above sentence: How, that 

(wherever it appears), with (both), faced (second), half, 

knew, just, 

4. Write each part of speech and after it as a head, in 
the order of stating them in parsing, all the properties and 
accidents to which each is subject. 

5. (a) Only what kind of verbs may have a passive 
voice, and why? (b) How is the passive voice of every 
verb formed ? 

6. Write a short sentence and illustrate each of the 
following uses of the infinitive: (1) As the subject of a sen- 
tence; (2) as the object of a verb; (3) as the object of a 
preposition; (4) as the complement of a verb; (5) as a noun 
appositive; (6) as an adjective; (7) as an adverb. 

7. Write a short sentence in which a noun clause is 
used: (1) As the subject of a-sentence; (2) as the object of 
a verb; (8) as the object of a preposition; (4) as a comple- 
ment of tlie verb Oe: (5) as an appositive. 

8. Write two sentences and illustrate the difference be- 
tween restrictive and non-restrictive clauses. 

9. (a) Give four classifications of sentences, (b) What 
determines the classification of words, phrases and clauses ? 

10. (a) Which two parts of speech, besides conjunc- 
tions, may connect; and what is each of them called? (b) 
Illustrate each by a sentence. 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 

[First Grade Certiticate.l 

1. (a) What does English Grammar te^ch ? (b) How 
should pupils be taught the subject for two or three years 
preparatory to taking up teclmical grammar? 



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2. Ill beginning grammar, shoiiU! the sentence and itn 
elements, or the parts of speecli and their iDi'operties and 
accidents, be taught first? Why ? 

3. (a) Name and define the different kinds of sentences- 
(b) Write a declarative sentence and change it into each of 
the other kinds- 

4. (a) Define inflection- (b) W^lien is it called declen- 
sion; when comparison; wlien conjugation ? 

5. Decline: I, thou, thyself, which, man-of-war. 

6. -Give the rule and compare each of the following; 
Hot, cheerful, sincere, able, carpa.ble, angry, fore, well, 
worldly, much- 

7. Copy the following, and write opposit'e each its 
plural: Army, turkey, tax, thief, brief, *, solo, son-in- 
law, forget-me-not, Knight-templar. 

8- Write the synopsis with f/um of the verb drive in tlie 
passive in all moods and tenses, and give all forms of the 
infinitive and participles. 

9. Make a list of all the propositions, clauses and 
phrases, stating what each modifies and the kind of ele- 
ment it is, in the fol]owing sentence: 

''We can not perceive that the study of grammaj' 
makes even the smallest difference in the spe'ech of people 
who have always lived in good society." 

10. Parse in full the italicized words m t)ie following 
sentences: 

(1) /F/z^i^ew studies will learn. 

(2) Every good gift is from above. 

(3) He is .'?//awry, for his reputation is his all. 
■ ■ (4) Be not nice dumb^ driven cattle. 

(5) 77/^?/^ whom, Satan excepted, none higher sat. 

GEOGRAPHY. 

[First. Second or Third Grade Certificate,] 

1. Of what use are parallels of latitude and meridians? 

2. What cities in the United States are in about the 
same latitude as Madrid ? 

3. (a) Give approximately their numljer, their com- 
bined area and the population, of the Phillipine Islands- 
(b) Give the latitude and longitude of Manila. 

4. (a> What are zones? (b) Give the width of each in 
miles. 

5. Name ten important rivers of the Mississippi river 
system. 

6. Name in order the five nations tliat have the largest 
population. 

7. What is the distance, and tiirougli wljat waters 
would you sail from (ribraltar to Manila? 



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8. Give the following in regard to Cuba: Length, aver- 
age width, area in square miles, climate, character of soil, 
chief products, number of inhabitants and their character, 
chief exports and imports. 

9. Locate Mexico. How many states compose the re- 
public? What is its area? What is the character and 
number of its population ? What are its chief exports and 
imx)orts ? 

10. Name all the governments in South America with 
rheir capitals. State approximately their combined popu- 
lation. What countries -have furnished the great«^r part of 
the South American population ? What language is princi- 
pally spoken in each government? 

COMPOSITION. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Ceniticate.l 
i. What advantage to composition are written recita- 
tions? Should they be more frequent, more carefully cor- 
rected, and copied ? 

2. What of the nature of the subjects, and at what 
period in a child's education should composition work be- 
'4ni ? 

8. Elaborate upon the benefits of the following as in- 
troductory to composition: (1) Conversation lessons; (2) 
copying exercises; (8) oral and written descriptions of pict- 
ures and familiar objects; (4) committing choice extracts. 

4. A knowledge of the following being indispensable 
in composition, when and how should their use be taught: 
(I) Capital letters; (2) punctuation ; (3) use of Avords; (4) 
use of sentences; (5) figures of speech ? 

5. Name briefly ten instances when words should be- 
gin with capitals. 

6. (a) Name all the marks of punctuation in general 
use. (b) Write five rules for the use of the comma. 

7. Write ten cautions to be observed in the selection of 
words. 

8. Grive five general rules to be observed in tiie con- 
struction of sentences. 

9. Name and illustrate the use of five of the figures of 
speech in most common use. 

10. (a) What is the value of paragraphing? (b) Give 
some rules for paragraphing. 

11. After preparing an outline, write a composition, at 
least one foolscap page in length, on one of the following 
subjects: 

(1) The Use and Abuse of School Examinations. 

(2) Teachers' Uniform Examinations. 
(8) The War with Spain. 

(4) The Necessity of Ripe Scliolarship in a 
Teacher. 



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PHYSIOLOGY. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 

1. Describe all the bones of the trunk. 

2. (live the physioloj^ical reasons why a child's feet 
sliould not be allowed to dangle from a high' seat. 

H. Explain the uses and structure of the muscles. 

4. Describe and state the uses of the perspiratory 
glands. 

5. Name the organs of respiration and tell liow we 
breathe. 

6. Give reasons for schoolroom ventilation, and tell 
liow it may best be done. 

7. Describe the heart and explain its movements. 

8. Tell the effects of alcoholic drinks and narcotics 
upon circulation; the heart; the blood; the lungs. 

9. Trace the food from the mouth to the small intes- 
tines and describe the whole process of digestion, explain- 
ing the action of tlie gastric and pancreatic juices and the 
bile. 

10. Explain the effects of alcoholics and narcotics up- 
on the organs and process of digestion; and give the ''Law 
of Heredity." 

THEORY AND PRACTICE 

(From Hughes' Mistakes in Teaching.) 
[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 

1. Discuss the following mistakes: (1) Regarding 
knowledge as more important than the child; (2) of confin- 
ing education to the school; (3) of neglecting definite 
moral training. Chap. I. 

2. Give a brief of the arguments on the following 
(iuestions of school management: (1) Yard supervision ; (2) 
demerit marks; (3) tardiness in the teacher; (4) personal 
habits of the teacher; (5) sitting while teaching. Chap. II. 

3. Give in substance the discussion on five mistakes of 
the teacher in dealing with parents. Cliap. II. 

4. Discuss the following mistakes in discipline: (1) 
Tryin<>- to teach witliout order. (2) State five rules given 
for '' maintaining order." Chap. III. 

5. What is said in relation to the following: (I) Too 
many rules. (2) Losing sight of the class; (3) Whipping 
for disciplinary purposes merely. (4) Allowing whispering 
on the ])lea of "allowing pupils to assist each other." (5) 
A hearty laugh in the schoolroom. Chap. III. 

6. Discuss the following mistakes in method: (1) Ask- 
ing questions in rotation; (2) repeating questions; (3) slav- 
ish use of text-books; (4) assigning lessons without testing 
tliereon; (5) continuing lessons too long. CJiap. IV, 

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7. State in brief the argument of Mr. Hughes on the 
following: (1) Thinking one teaching of a subject suffi- 
cient; (2) Supposing detecting errors means correcting 
them. Chap. IV. 

8. What is said of the following: (1) Trying to teach 
too much in a single lesson; (2) paying most attention to 
smart pupils; (8) accepting partial answers; (4) repeating 
answers? Chap. IV. 

9. (1) Write what is said of talking too much while 
teaching. (2) Quote the '^ teacher's golden rule," and the 
sayings of Mr. Hughes, Sir William Hamilton, and Horace 
Mann, relative to the same principle. Chap. IV. 

10. Reproduce the substance of the arguments in dis- 
cussing the following mistakes: (1) Allowing ''Yes" and 
••' No," and neglecting the manners and deportment of pu- 
pils; (2) tempting pupils by the self-reporting system. 

CIVIL GCVERNMENT. 

[First Grade Certificate.! 

1. (1) What State took the first step leading to th^ 
formation of the present Constitution of the United States? 
(2) Name the time and place fixed by the commissioners 
for the meethig of the first convention. (3) Why did the 
attempt fail? (4) When and where did the ccnventioji 
finally meet? (5) State why organization was delayed, 
who was elected president, and the length of the session. 

2. (1) The ratification of how many States was neces- 
sary to adopt the Constitution? (2) How many ratified 
within a year? (3) When was the first election held under 
ir? (4) What prevented Congress from organizing and tiie 
President from being inaugurated at the date fixed, March 
4th, 1789? (o) When and where was he finally inaugu- 
rated ? 

3. (1) Give the six reasons set forth in the preamble 
for the establishment of the Constitution. (2) How many 
articles in the original instrument? (3) How many since 
added by amendment? (4) How many amendments were 
proposed by the first Congress? (5) Which three were of- 
fered and declared ratified to free and to adjust the negro 
to citizenship ? 

4. (1) Name the branches of government established 
by the Constitution. (2) Show wherein these branches are 
not entirely independent of each other. (3) Name the two 
bodies created constituting the first branch of government. 
(4) What are both together called? (5) How often is this 
body required to meet ? 

5. (1) Why is the House of Representatives so called ? 
(2) State three conditions of eligibility therein. (3) Give 
the number of members in the first Congress. (4) When 
was the first census taken ? (5) What was approximately 



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the population of the Uiuted States, and wliat was the 
primary object of this census? 

6. (1) Give approximately the population of the Elev- 
Hiith census; the number of members iu the present House. 
(2) What population was made the Ijasis of the apijortion- 
ment of Representatives after the First census? what after 
the Eleventh? (8) Can a. non-resident of a Cong-ressional 
district be elected and serve it in Congress? (4) What 
three exclusive powers are granted the House of Repre- 
sentatives ? (5) How many times has the House of Repre- 
sentatives elected a President, and under what circum- 
stances may a State have no voice in sucli election ? 

7. (1) How many members now compose the United 
States Senate? (2) Who are eligible; how are they elected, 
and how did it happen that the Constitution did not require 
their election by popular vote? (8) Who is its presiding 
officer; when must the Chief Justice i3reside? (4) What 
executive and what judicial functions performed by this 
body? (o) Under what circumstances may a State lose its 
vote in the election of a Vice-President? 

8. (1) Why is it that State Legislatures frequently in- 
struct their Senators and request their Representatives to 
support certain national measures? (2) How long must a 
foreigner live in this country before eligible lo the Senate? 
(8) What is the salary of a Senator; a Representative? 

(4) What are the salaries of Vice-President and Speaker of 
the House? (5) Under what conditions may a Governor ap- 
point a Senator? 

9. Give three processes by which a bill may become a 
national law. 

10. (1) Show the points of agreement, and how State 
governments are all built on the plan of the general gov- 
ernment. (2) Mention tlie executive olficers of a State, and 
tlie primary duties of each. 

ALGEBRA. 

[First Grade Certificate.! 

1. (1) Define algebra. (2) Express the multiplication of 
a, b, and c, in three ways. (8) PLxpress the division of a by 
b in two ways. (4) Write x with a numerical coefficient; 
witlf a literal coefficient; with a literal exponent. (5) Ex- 
press tlie fourth root of x=*; the reciprocal of a+b. . 

2. Express by algebraic symbols: (1) x ecjuals the sum 
of a and b; (2) x is less than the sum of a and b; (8) x is 
greater than the sum of a and b; (4) x is not equal to y; 

(5) X is not greater than y ; (6) x is not less than y ; (7) make 
the sign of deduction (nieaning tlierefore), the sign of con- 
tinuation (meaning and so on); (8) name the four signs of 
aggregation; (9) in the trinomial 2a2-b3-f 3c, tell the sign 



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of 2a2, the coefficient of b^, and the exponent of 8c; (10) 
give three rules embodying- your answers to sub-question 
ti 9." 

's. (1) Add: (a), 2a+f+a); (b), 2a+(-a); (c), -2a+(4- 
a); (d), -2a+(-a). 

(2) Subtract: (a),2a-(+a); (b),2a— (— a); (c), -2a— 
(+a); (d),— 2a— (— a). 

(8) Multiply: (a), ax(+b); (b),— aX(+b); (c),aX(— b); 
(d),— ax(— b). 

(4) Divide: (a), ab-^■(+a) ; (b),— ab-f-( — a); (c), — ab-n 
(+a); (d),ab^(— a). 

(5) Explain all the algebraic meanings of the signs plus 
and minus. 

4. Resolve each of the following into four factors: (1) 
l-m6; (2) x^-f 7x^+9x2 -7x- 10. 

5. Find each the G. C, D. and the L. C. M. of 6x-'-l8x 
+6, 2x2+5x— 12, and 6x2-x-12. 

6. Reduce to its simplest form : 
\ m n \ ^ m ; n / 



:1. 



(m— n m— n ^ ' f* m-j-n m — \\S 

14 I 7 _. 1 21 6 

7. Solve the equations r '*3i ~ — 

^ y ^ y 

8. A and B together earn $50 in 8 days; A and C to- 
gether, $69 in 12 days; B and C together, $55 in 10 days. 
. How much can each en rn in a day ? 

9. Find the value of x in : 

11 X 



x+i/2-x2 x-^/2-x2 ^ 

10. A certain number of sheep were bought for $468; but, 
after 8 of them had been reserved, the rest were sold at an 
advance of $1 a head, and $12 were gained on the lot. How 
many sheep were bought? • 

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

[First Grade Certificate.! 

1. (1) Distinguish between Mathematical, Political, 
and Physical Geography. (2) Name six other sciences 
closely akin to and partly treated in Physical Geography. 

2. Give the following in regard to the earth: (l/lts 
form; (2) its polar and mean equatorial diameters; (8) its 
surface in square miles, and volume in cu])it' miles; (4) its 
relative cubical contents and mass as compared with the 
sun; (5) the source from which its losing heat is largely re- 
stored. 

3. Define: (1) Agonic line; (2) isogonic lines; (8^ iso- 
clinical lines; (4) magnetic storms; (5) Mercator's Projec- 
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4. (I) What is relief? (2) Give the total relief of the 
earth in miles, and the proportion between that and thn 
earth's radius. (8) Tell the effects of erosion, (4) Under 
what circumstances might there be no land? (5) Class if. y 
islands. 

5. (1) Describe the coral polyp, and coral reef building. 
(2) Give the theory of atolls. 

6. (1) Define seismology. (2) Give tlie modern theory 
of earthquakes, and their effects at sea. 

7. (1) Explain the nature of waves, how produced, 
movement, extreme height and velocity, duration, depth of 
disturbance, etc. (2) Explain the phenomena of tides; 
solar, lunar, spring and neap tides; height at different 
places; bores and the maelstrom. 

8. (1) Define climate, and state the chief conditions 
which determine the climate of a place. (2) Tell how 
winds are produced; give the starting place of cyclones, 
and draw the distinction between cyclones and tornadoes. 

9. (1) Define vapor, and tell how water is held in the 
air. (2) Explain what is meant by the '"' dew point," and 
state the conditions and in what forms vapor is precipi- 
tated. 

10. (1) Tell what is meant by the flora of a country, 
and tell the conditions which effect flora. (2) Exi3lainwhat 
is meant by the fauna of a country, and name some of the 
animals common to the several faunal regions. 



SEPTEMBER, 1898. 

ORTHOGRAPHY. 

f First. Second or Third Grade Certiticate.] 
1. (1 ) Define a word. (2) Give four classifications of 
words according to the number of syllables. (8) Define ac- 
cent. (4) What Ls a rrigraph ? (o) Which is tiie ante- 
penult ? 

2- Separate the prefix and tlie root in eacli of tlie fol- 
lowing, and write after each prefix it.s meaning: Abed, 
afternoon, belittle, midsummer, misname, withstand, 
unkind, outstrip, disobey, foresiglit. 

3. Give one word accented on each of tlie following 
syllables: /I) Ultimate; (2) penultimate; (8) antepenulti- 
n'late; (4) preantepenultimate. 

4. Give five pairs of eacli: (1) Homonyms; (2) syno- 
nyms. 

5. Join to root words affixes meaning: Little, state, 
many, one who, wrong, back, continuing, to make, 
above^ beyond. 



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6. Fovm a derivative by using each of the following ; s 
a prefix or suffix, and define each word formed: Sliip, dis, 
ess, post, hood, able, hyper, ty, isin, circum. 

7. (1) Give the three principal rules for spelling, and 
illustrate each by an example, (2) Give an excei^tion to 
each rule. 

8. Syllabicate and mark diacritically the vowel in the 
accented syllable in each of the following words : Almond, 
opponent, despicable, combatant, juvenile, obligatory, 
interloper, protocol, onerous, patron. 

9-10. Spell correctly the following words: Kar-i-kar- 
tur, vas-i-lage, suc-u-lent, in-ter-stis, re-sus-i-tate, sin-^ 
u-shur, sar-jent, tyr-a-nize, priv-i-lej, sin-til-late. 

READING, 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certiticate.l 

1. (1) Name the chief end to be attained in teaching 
Reading. (2) What close relation exists between the abili- 
ty to read well and other lines of study ? 

2. (1) Discuss the statement: "Heading is an act of 
the mind and not an act of the li^^s only.''' (2) When may 
children begin to get thought from reading ? 

8. State your plans : (1 ) For improving the poor readers 
among the older pupils; (2) for preventing ''sing-song" in 
reading poetry. 

4. (1) Of what importance is -'reading aloud"? (2) 
Express your views on the plan of having pu]3ils to ■•' stand 
and read," as soon as the class is called, without the teach- 
er's attempting the ''construction of a picture" in the 
minds of the class before their reading of the lesson. 

5. (1) Distinguisli between the ''word method" and 
the " sentence method." (2) What method, in your judg- 
ment, is best adapted to render the child most self-helping? 

6. (1) W^hich comes first, " the getting of the thought" 
or " the expression of it." What do you think of the state- 
ment, "The expression of the thought is a secondary mat- 
ter; if the thought is fully comprehended, the oral expres- 
sion of it is comparatively easy"? (2) Does the habit of 
(juickly pronouncing all difficult words for the pupils, be- 
cause it takes less time, save time in the end; and does 
such teaching produce self-helping and fluent readers ? 

7-y. Bead for the examiner a paragraph of prose. 
9-10. Head for the examiner, he selecting the piece, 
vme or more stanzas of poetry» 



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UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

[Second or Third Grade Certiticato.) 

1. (I) Name five nations that claim to have discovered 
North America. (2) Which do yon tliink deserves the 
credit ? 

2. (1) Name the tliirteen original colonies. (2) ('on- 
nect each colony with tlie religious sect that was prominent 
in its settlement. 

8. (1) Tell what yon know of the following: (1) Ba- 
con's Rehellion; (2) introduction of slaves; (8) invention 
of the cotton gin; (4) Monroe doctrine; (5) Carpet-haggers, 

4. Descril)e the following hattles: (1) Yorktown; (2j 
Clettysburg. 

5. Tell what you know of the following: Blue laws; 
Minute-men; Loc*o-focos; Henry letters; Abolitionists. 

6. (1) Discuss the .expulsion of the Acadians. (2) 
What poem has been written upon this subject, and by 
whom V 

7. Enumerate the causes and events that led to the 
war of 1812. 

8. Discuss Andrew Jackson in the following pai'ticu- 
Lars: (1) His personal character; (2) military achieve- 
ments; (3) relations to national banks; (4) his political op- 
])onents; (5) nullification. 

9. Name in order the Presidents of the United States 
since Abraham Lincoln. 

10. Who is each of the following, and for wjuit noted; 
i'ervera; Blanco; Hobson; Shatter; Schley? 

UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. WT)at part of Nortii America did Spain, FraiK'>\ 
England and Holland each claim, and upon what discover- 
ies was each claim })a.sed ? 

2. Discuss briefly each of the following: (1) Union of 
164a; (2) House of Burgesses^ (8) Constitutional Conven- 
tion; (4) Court of Alabama Claims; (5) Electoral Commis- 
sion. 

3. Tell why each of the following is noted: Miles Stan- 
dish, Oglethorpe, Oliver Hazard Perry, .John .Jay, CeiifJ. 
(reorge Stephenson, Ralpli Waldo P^merson, PT-emont, Hoi-- 
jice Mann, Cambon. 

4. Tell what you know of the following: X. \'. Z. 
Dispatches; Charter Oak; Ashburton Treaty; Trent Af- 
fair; Squatter Sovereignty. 

5. Discu.ss briefly the origin, leaders and doctrint-s <>t 
the following political parties: Federalist; Whig; Repub- 
lican; Democratic; Poj)ulj,st, 



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6. From whom, how, and when did the United States 
obtain the following territory: Louisiana, Florida, Alaska, 
Hawaii, Puerto Rico ? 

7. Give some of the principal events in the administra- 
tions of the foUowino- Presidents: Thomas Jefferson, James 
Madison, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, Grover Cleve- 
land. 

8. Mention one literary production of each of the fol- 
lowino-: Irving, Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, Ban- 
croft, Edwin L. Green. 

9. When did each of the following battles occur, and 
what was the result of each: Yorktown, New Orleans; 
Bnena Vista, Gettysburg, Manila ? 

10. Give the expressed and real causes of tne re- 
cent war. What do you know of Cervera? Aguinaldo ? 
President Dole? Garcia? 

ARITHMETIC. 

[Second or Third Grade Certitic<Jte."l 

1. Tlie minuend is 296; the subtrahend exceeds the re- 
mainder by 182. Find the subtrahend and remainder. 

2. Express in Roman notation the result of 2.8X. 25-4- 

l.()35-f-5)-f2150X.06. 



8. The sum of two numbers is 5^^; one of them is the 

'3 

49 jj 22 ^ 

difference between .!" and -77^. Find the other number. 

4. Find the quotient of the L. C. M. of 815, 1850, and 
1500, divided by their G. C. D. 

5. Find, by using the approximate rule, the length of a 
bin, whose width and depth are each 5 f<^et, to hold 180 
bushels of grain. 

6. New York is 74° west longitude, and Paris 2° 80' 
east longitude. If a telegram is sent from New York at 5 
o'clock p. m., to Paris, at what time will it arrive, allowing 
15 minutes loss in transit ? 

7. Sold two houses for |1,000 each, lost 10% on one and 
gained 10% on the other. What was the gain or loss per 
cent, on the transaction ? 

8. If 12 men can build a wall 80 ft. long, 6 ft. high, 8 ft. 
thick in fifteen days, by working 12 hours per day, in what 
time will 60 men build a wall 800 ft. long, 8 ft. high, and 6 
ft. thick, working only 8 hours per day ? 

9. In a partnership, A puts in $1200 for 8 months; B 
$900 for 10 months; C $850 for 12 months. They gain $1296. 
Find each partner's share of the gain. 

10. What would it cost in U. S. money to plaster the 
twelve columns of tlie Florida State C^apitol, at a franc per 
sq. yd., each column being 80 ft. high and 3i ft. in diameter 



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ARITHMETIC. 

[First Grade Certificate.! 
2| 



1. (2H-2iX7^2i-l§H-2|)-^ \ -^^h \ = ? 

2. If % of 8 acres of land cost $53J, what will four times 
.08 of an acre cost ? 

3. Divide (124x10+. 1 of .Ol+.OOl of 10) by twelve hun- 
dred forty and six thousand nine hundred eighty-five ten- 
thousandths less j^. 

4. (a) By selling- a hat for 66 cents I lose 34%. What 
did the hat cost? (bj The interest of $12,480 for 3 yr. and 1 
mo. w^as .$384.80. What was the rate iDer cent? 

5. If a globe of gold 3^ inches in diameter be worth 
.$5,145, what will be the diameter of a globe worth $120? 

6. Bought a bill of exchange on Paris for 24|^ francs, 
at 5.20, 5% brokerage. What did it cost in U. S. monej^ ? 

7. Bought a quantity of cloth for ,$750, \ of which be- 
ing injured I had to sell at $1.25 a yard, and lost thereby 
$100. What must I sell the remainder per yard to gain 51§% 
on the w^liole ? 

8. If a ten-cent loaf of bread weighs 7| ounces wiien 
wheat is worth %\^^^ a bushel, what ought a five-cent loaf to 
weigh when wheat is worth 82| cents a bushel ? 

9. If a ball be shot from a gun with a. force that carries 
it one mile the first second, % of a mile the next, and so on 
in the increasing ratio of | till spent, what number of miles 
would the ball go ? 

10. What would be the exact cost of the silk necessary 
to make, and of the gas to inflate, a balloon 25 ft. in diame- 
ter, no loss allowed for seams, if the silk be worth %\\ a sq. 
yd. and the gas %^ii^^ a hundred cubic feet? 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 

rSecond or Third Gx'ade Certificate.] 

1. (I) What is a sentence ? (2) Name and illustrate tJi*^ 
two essential parts of a sentence. 

2. (I) Distinguish between a. phrase and a clause. (2) 
Construct a sentence and underscore a phrase and a clause. 

3. (1) Define all the parts of spc^ech. (2) State whicJi 
have inflection and what the inflection of each is called. 

4. Decline: I, thou, you, ox, mother-in-law. 

5. Arrange, in parallel columns, the masculines in one 
and the corresponding feminines in the other, the following 
words: Earl, Francis, czar, Jesse, monk, peacock, Paul, 
she-bear, tiger, widow. 

6. (1) Make an outline of the adjective showing all the 
classes and sub-classes. (2) Name all the adjectives having 
singular and plural forms, and tell to which class each be- 
longs. 

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7. (1) Distinguish between transitive and intransitive 
verbs. (2) Tell iiow the passive voice is always formed, and 
what class of verbs may liave a passive voice. 

8. (1) Write the synopsis of the verb take with he in the 
progressive form through the indicative mood. (2) The 
synopsis of the verb see with thou tlu'ough all moocis and 
tenses of the passive voice. 

9. In the following quotation name: (I) The subject; 
(2) all the clauses; stating what each modifies and what 
kind of clause it is: 

'•' Next to tlie illusion that money can confer hap- 
piness, is the. illusion that the giving of 
money is the only form tiiat practical help- 
fulness can take." 

10. Parse in full these words from tlie above quotation : 
Next, illusion (first), that (first), confer, illusion (second), 
giving, only, that (last), practical, taki^. 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR, 

[First Grade Certificate.! 

1. Give an example of each of four kinds of sentences: 
(I) When classified as to meaning; (2) When classified as 
to form, 

2. Write in parallel columns the possessive, singular 
and plural of each of the following words: Thou, geese, it, 
deer, mice, negro, tyro, staff, son-in-law, Knight- 
templar. 

8. Distinguish between the use of: My, thy, your, 
and mine, thine, yours. 

4. (1) Define an appositive. (2) When one of two or 
more appositives is in the possessive form, what of the 
others? (8) Construct a sentence and illustrate the latter. 

5. Distinguish between the uses (A shall w\\(\ 7oill: (I) In 
declarative sentences; (2) in denoting determination; (8) 
in asking questions. 

6. (1) Tell how imperfect (present), perfect and com- 
pound participles are formed. (2) Distinguish between 
verbal adjectives and verbal nouns in ing. (8) Give the 
verbal nouns formed from any verl), and illustrate that they 
are grammatical equivalents. (4) Name and write the five 
forms of the verb rise, the four of the verb talk^ and explain 
which verbs have five forms and which four. (5) What is 
an attributive verb ? Use one in a sentence and change it 
into its equivalent copulative verb and attribute. 

7. (1) Give the synopsis with thou of the verb tahe in the 
progressive form of the indicative mood. (2) The synopsis 
with he of the verb see through all moods and tenses' of the 
passive voice. 

8. (1) Illustrate seven uses of the infinitive phrase, five 
when a noun, one when an adjective, one when an adverb. 



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(2) (N)ii.striiet s(Mitenees aiul illustrafe five uses of iiomi 
clauses. 

9, In the following quotation write: (l)All the main 
propositions; (2) all the suhordinate clauses; tell what 
kind each is, and what it modifies; (8) all the phrases, tell 
what each modifies and its Ivind: 

"I see, in the world, two heaps— one of human 
happiness, and one of misery; now, if 1 can 
take hut the smallest hit from the second 
heap and add it to the first, 1 carry a point. 
If, as I go home, a child has dropped a half 
penny, and, by giving it another, 1 can wipe 
away its tears, I feel that I l)ave done some- 
thing.'' 

10. Parse in full the following words in the above quo- 
tation : Heaps, one, now, hut. first, as, add, home, giving, 
its. 

GEOGRAPHY. 

[First. Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. (a) Name all the zones and give the boundaries of 
each, (b) Give the width of each in common miles. 

2. State the name of the line whicii marks the highest 
northern limit on which the rays of the sun are ever verti- 
cal, and give the date on which the sun reachej- this limit. 

3. (a) Name the countries of South America, (b) 
Name their capitals, (c) Tell what form of government 
each is. 

4. Starting from Pittsburg, Pa., and traveling entirely 
by water, on what waters would you sail in order to reach 
St. Petersburg, Russia. 

5. Name five of the chief industries of the following 
sections of the United States: New England States; South 
Atlantic States; North Central States; Rocky Mountain 
States; Gulf States. 

6. (a) Show the relation between the physical and po- 
litical condition of a country, (b) Show how the physical 
features determine the industries, commerce and routes of 
trade. 

7. (a) What is the nearest distance in statute miles be- 
tween two places on the equator situated respectivelv in 
longitude 187° E, and longitude 175° W? (b) When 'it is 
Thursday noon at the former, what is the dav and hour at 
the latter? 

8. Name the i^rovinces of Canada and the chief indus- 
tries of each. 

9. Draw an outline map of Florida, hjcating six of its 
largest cities, and three of its largest rivers. 

10. Draw a township, number its sections, sub-divide 
its 20th section into quarter-quarters, and its SEJ of the 



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KEi into quarter-quartGr-quarters, and make a cross in the 
BEi of SE^ of NE4. 

COMPOSITION. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. (1) State the purpose of composition work; (2) its 
relations to the other studies in the language group. 

2. (1) In preparing a school program, how much time 
should be allowed for composition ? (2) Discuss the value 
of a little daily practice in composition as compared with 
longer and less frequent practice. 

3. (1) Give a remedy for the common error of requir- 
ing pupils to express their thoughts when they have none 
to express. (2) What must always precede expression and 
good, clear writing ? 

4. (1) State the sources from which pupils must get 
their materials for composition. (2) Show how a teacher 
may assist the different grades to correct use of language 
and to facile expression of thought. 

5. (1) Define redundancy and tautology; correct and 
tell which exists in each of the following: (a) ''Every man 
on the face of the earth has duties to perform." (b) ''The 
effects and consequences of such corruption and degenera- 
cy are deplorable and lamentable.'' (2) Illustrate how a 
quotation within a quotation should be written. (3) Narae 
the figures of speech in each of the following: (a) "The 
waves to sleep had gone.*' (b) " She has seen sixteen sum- 
mers," (c) "Fame is a plant that grows on soil immortal." 
(d) " Life is like an isthmus between two eternities." (e) 
"The coat was a mile too large for him." (4) State the 
three essentials of good diction, (5) Discuss the necessity 
of paragraphing. 

6. Why is an outline important ? 

7-10. Prepare an outline and write a composition, at 
least one foolscap page in length, on one ot the following 
subjects: 

(1) Language Work in the Common School 

Course, 

(2) My First Teachers' Institute. 

(3) Modern Implements of War. 

(4) State Uniformity of Text-Books. 

(5) Physical Education. 

PHYSIOLOGY, 

[First, Seconc^ or Third Grade Certificate.! 
U Name: (1) The systems of the Ijody; (2) the tissues. 

2. Name all the bones of the head. 

3. (1) Into what three kinds may all foods be classi- 
fied ? (2) Name three examples of each kind. 



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4. (4) Name the juices used in clij^e.stiou. (2) Tell 
where each is secreted, and its effect on food. 

5. Describe the process of inspiration and expiration, 

6. Name tlie parts of a tooth and tlie substances of 
whicli it is composed. 

7. Describe eacii of the following- processes: TransfU' 
sion; trej)anning; grafting; peristalsis. 

8. (1) Wiiat composes the nervous system? (2) What 
are motory, sensory, vaso-motor, sympathetic and cranial 
nerves? 

9. Locate and define the following^: Lacunae; fasciae; 
cochlea; meninges; masseter. 

10. Describe in full the organs of speecli. 

THEORY AND PFACTICE 

(From Hrowning's Educational Theories.) 
[First. Second or Third Grade Certificate,! 

1. In what two ways may the history of Educational 
Theories be of pj'actical use to teachers? Preface. 

2. (1) Name the subjects taught by the Greeks, and 
>;tate their reasons for attaching great importance to ath- 
letics and music. (2) Discuss briefly Plato's plan, and show 
wherein Aristotle differ.s from him and is more practical. 
<'hap. L 

8. (1) Distinguish between the Greek and Roman 
ideals. (2) Name the first Roman writer on education. (8) 
State briefly Cicero's theory, and give the culminating idea 
with him o*f all education! {4) ijixa Quintilian's reasons 
for favoring public schools, and his ideas as to corporal 
punishment, the qualifications and duties of teachers. 
Chap. II- 

4. (1) State the changes produced by the introduction 
<3f Christian education under the Fathers; ^i\fi the design 
of Charle-s the Great; distinguish between trivium and 
quadrivium \\\ the schools of the monasteries and the cas- 
tles; dLscuss the discipline in the schools of the period. 
(2) Tell who first conceived the idea of a really universal 
education; and write of John Sturm, his system of educa- 
tion, and its influence. Chap, III. 

5- Write a sketch of the life, the ideas, the rules of ed- 
ucation, the practical suggestions, the class methods, the 
kinds of schools, and the wonderful reforms of Comenius. 
Chap. IV, 

6. (1) Name the second great vindicator of naturalistic 
education. (2) Give some of the precepts of his essays; 
bis object of education; his description of what the teacher 
;><houJd be; his four recommendations. CJ)ap. V, 



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7. (live an outline of Rousseau's "' Emile," and tell its 
effects upon tlie educational systems of the times. (2) 
Name the companion work by the same author, and give 
some of the ideas advanced therein relative to the educa- 
tion of women. Chap. IX. 

8. (1) Who wrote ''Leonard and (lertrude"? (2) 
Write a brief sketch illustrating the principles, methods, 
means of instruction, and influence of its author. Chap. X 

9. Tell who Fichte and Herbart were, and write briefly 
of the work, the theories, and the influence of each upon 
education. Chap. XI. 

10. W^ rite of the American Common School: Original 
conception; tlie effect of Pestalozzi's theories; the influ- 
ence of Froebers teaching: the work of Horace Manr. ; the 
schools of today. Chap. XIV. 



aVIL GOVERNMENT. 

[First Grade Certificated 

1. (l)Name the three departments of government. 
(2) (live an outline of the scope of each. (H) Show how 
each acts as a check upon the others. 

2. V/hat is a bill of rights, an-d name the rights guar- 
anteed by the Constitution. 

8. Enumerate ten powers delegated by the Constitu- 
tion to Congress. 

4. Define tlie following: Ltocal option ; lobbying; high 
seas; ex post facto law; letters of marque and reprisal. 

5. (1 ) State the Constitutional provisions for the elec- 
tion of a President. (2) Show wherein the present method 
differs from that originally prescribed. 

6. (1) Name the members of President McKinley's 
Cabinet and the office held by each. (2) What departments 
only were represented in Washington's Cabinet? 

7. Mention five points in which the Articles of Con- 
federation differed from the Constitution. 

8. State the difference between the following: Excises 
and duties; direct and indirect taxes; Joint and Executive 
sessions; reprieves and pardons. 

9. (1) Who are citizens of the United States? (2) Wlick 
is an alien, and how may aliens become naturalized ? 

10. U) Who constitute State Board of P:ducation ? (2). 
St^te the sources of the State^ County and Sub-District 
sch(>ol funds. (8) Who only has the authority to appoint 
and contract with teachers? (4) Name five chief duties of 
a County School Board. (5) Name five principal duties 
each of a County Superintendent and of a teacher. 



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ALGEBRA- 

n''rom Whites School Alijebra, i 

[First Gra'de Certiticate. | 

1. Write ami illustrate the lueaninj^ of each of tl)e fol- 
lowing^: Factors; algebraic equation; literal co-efticient; 
numerical exponent; reciprocal of a (juantity; radical sign 
and index; sign of inequality; sign of deduction; sign «>f 
t*ontinuation; signs of aggregation (five). 

2. (1; Define an algebraic term. (2) Explain the sign« 
-hand—, and X and -^, in relation to terms. (H) How- 
many terms in a 'bx4-j- 2a ? (4) Write one of each: Mon- 
omiaL binomial, trinomial, polynomial. (5) Define and 
illustrate similar term.s. 

8. Let a— 5, b=2, c— 8, and d=:l, and then find the nu' 
merical value of (a-f^b+c) (a-' — 2abd ) -^ | 8b 'c— ( a '-f b ) . 

4. Divide ix«+/,xy-'+iVv=^ by ^x^— ^xy+iv-'. 

5. Resolve each of the following into four factors: (1), 
x«— y8; (2).m«— n«; (8), a^— l0a'-|-9; (4), 8lx^~'72x-'v-^-f 10 
y*; (5), x^— 2x-*-18x-^-f2x+15. 

6. Reduce to its simplest form: 

' ^a+b S i a-fb * 

7. h>even years ago A's age was just three times tlmt of 
K, but seven year>s hence A's age will be just double Uiat of 
B. What is the age of each ? 

8. Find the value of x in '2 v x— y 4x — ^^1 1 — 1 , 

9> Find the values of x and y: x'^xy+v-' — IT-"). x='— v=* 
=875. 

10. A man began saving by putting by 1 cent on New 
Year's Day, 2 cents on the next day, 8 cents on the next, 
jrind so on. Jn how many days would lie have put l)y .^98.70? 

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

< i-'roffi ilouitons N«\v Physical Geos?raphy.> 

[first Girade C'ertijicate 
L i>f what does physical geography treat? 
2- (1) Enumerate live proofs of the rotundity of the 

*-arth. (2) Uive the causes of the chang-e of seasons. 

8. (I) Give proofs that the interior of the <?arth is still 

in a highly heated condition, (2) State the causes of vol- 

icanoes and earthqiuike^. 

4. Describe the changes, and stat*^ the six agencies 
jn)w causing changes in the earth's crust. 

5. U) What are geysers? Explain the cause of their 
-eruption, and nan)e the'three largest geyser regions of the 
world. (2) How does the destruction of the foj-ests incj-e/is^^ 
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6. (1) Distinguish between ebb, flood, spring, and neap 
tides. (2) Where does the parent tidal wave originate ? 

7. Define climate, and enumerate the circumstances 
which influence the climate of a country. 

8. (1) Explain the origin of winds. (2) Describe some 
of the peculiarities of cyc^ohes. 

9. (1) Define flora, and give the characteristic features 
of tlie flora of each of the horizontal zones of vegetation. 
(2) Define fauna, and state upon what the existence of ani- 
mal life is dependent. 

10. Locate the United States: (1) As to mathematical 
zone; (2) physical zone. (3) Between wliat two isothermal 
lines? (4) Give the causes of difference in the climate of 
the Eastern and Western coasts. (5) State in wliat wind 
zone the United States is situated. 



JUNE, 1899. 

OPTHOGRAPHY. 

(From Reed's. VVord Lessons.) 

[First. Second or Third Grade Certiticate.] 

1. Unite tile following words and suffixes, define the 
words formed, and give tlie rule of spelling that applies to 
each: Censure — able, liate — ^ful, glad — den, conceal — ed. 
benefit — ed, acquit — ed, occur — ed, pity — ^able, copy — ist. 
charge — ^able. 

2. Syllabicate and mark diacritically tlie vowel in the 
accented syllable in each of the following: Incisive, dolo- 
rous, molecule, apparatus, exquisite, stereotype, inter- 
stice, inventory, data, abdomen. 

8. Marl^ diacritically tlie principal vowel in each of the 
following: Dance, gape, forge, squad, alder, tongue, 
feud, rude, wolf, seive. 

4. Unite each of the following- prefixes to a word, and 
define so as to show the meaning of the prefix: Con, ex. 
re, sub, in, dis, ad, ab, trans, pre. 

5. Separate the affix from the root-word, and define 
each affix: Controversy, kingdom, semi-annual, belittle, 
citizenship, animalcule, transmit, apiary, affix, par- 
entage. 

6. Form and define ten words, using an affix meaning 
each of the following: Twice, against, made of, fold, 
manner, one who, without, full of, before, many. 

7. Write and define two homonvms for each of the 
following: Cent, pear, air, rain, meat, vou, idol, fain, 
isle, raise. 



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8. Write the following, and, after each, one or more 
synonyms: Capacity, rivalry, talkative, famous, bring, 
forsake, judgment, final, poverty, character. 

9-10. Write correctly the following words, spelled pho- 
netically: Ak-we-dukt, ko-ko, vit-lz, kur-te-se, a-mund (a 
nut), lang-guor, sam-un, ger-kin, sham-my, ek-we-te, con- 
cen-sus, raz-ber-e, rez-er-vwor, kub-berd, bel-lus, for-hed. 
skol-lup, skane, kops, di-a-fram. 

READING. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 

1. Define: Pitch, tone, volume, cadence, accent. 

2. Name the different methods of teaching reading. 
State your preference and your reasons for it. 

3. Name the essential qualifications of a good teacher 
of reading. 

4. Illustrate your way of teaching other subjects in 
connection with reading. If you have never taught, tell 
liow you think it should be done. 

5-7. Read orally a paragraph or phrase selected by the 
examiner. 

8-10. Read an extract of poetry selected by the exam- 
iner. 

UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

(From Fields' U. s. Grammar .School History and Green's Florida History.) 

[Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. Outline briefly your plan of teaching history. 

2. Relate the circumstances under which the Pacific 
was first seen. 

3. Write about tlie witchcraft delusion. 

4.!^Give the circumstances which brought it about, and 
write,'somewhat in detail, of the greatest achievement in 
Jefferson's administration. 

5. Give the history of the steamboat, from its inven- 
tion to the present time. 

6. Describe the battle that saved Florida from inva- 
sion in 1864. 

7. Relate the history of the development and advance- 
ment of public education in the United States. 

8. Give an account of Dr. Turnbull and his colony. 

9. Tell of the " Republic of Florida," and narrate the 
story of the Prophet Francis and his daughter Malee. 

10. (a) What was Alabama's wish in regard to West 
Florida? (b) Recite briefly the history of events under 
both the first provisional and the first territorial governors, 
and who were they? 

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UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

(From Field's U. S. Grammar School History and Green's Florida History.) 

[First Grade Certificate.! 

1. What benefits should pupils receive throuj^h tlie 
study of history ? 

2. Recite the difficulties which arose in the Constitu- 
tional Convention, and the compromises by which they 
were settled. 

3. Tell wlio inaugurated it, and explain what is meant 
by the '' spoils system." 

4. Trace briefly the history of tlie territorial acquisi- 
tions of the United States. 

5. Give a statement of the comparative strengtn and 
resources of the Nortli and of the South for carrying on 
the Civil War; the losses on both sides and the debt in- 
curred. 

6. Write a brief sketch showing the development of 
the United States in literature and art, and through inven- 
tions. 

7. Write briefly of the founding ol St. Augustine, the 
destruction of Ft. Caroline and the subsequent slaughter. 

8. Give a brief outline of the history of Florida under 
British rule to the second Spanish occupation. 

9. Tell the circumstances of the purchase, of tlie rati- 
fication of the treaty, and of the transfer of the Floridas to 
the United States. 

10. Detail briefly the happenings of the Seminole War 
after General Zachary Taylor took command. 

ARITHMETIC. 

(From Milne's Standard Arithmetic } 

[Second or Third Grade Certificite.l 

1. Find the four prime factors of 4862. 

2. Five-eighths of A 's money increased by the differ- 
ences between | and f of his money equals $1020. How mucli 
money has A ? 

3. Express by Roman notation the quotient of 12X12 
hundred-thousandths divided by 12-millionths. 

4. From ,9 mi. take 120 rds. 4 yds. 2 ft. 

5. The circumference of a circular field is 436 rds. How 
many acres does it contain ? 

6. A deposited 85% of his money in a bank, and, after 
drawing out 20% of the sum deposited, lie had $3859 in the 
bank. What was the amount of his money ? 

7. What principal will produce $17^78 interest from 
January 10, 1892, to March 13, 1892. at 6% ? 

8. If 54 men, in 28 days of 10 hours each, dig a trench 
352 yards long, 2^ yards broad, and U yards deep, how long 



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a trench 2f yards broad and If yards deep, will 112 men di<^ 
in 25 days of 8^ honrs each ? 

9. What must be the depth, in feet and inches, of a 
cubical bin that will contain exactly 12()() bushels ? 

10. What is the weight of a marble i^yramid whose 
base is 4 feet square and whose altitude is 8 feet, if a cubic 
foot of marble weighs 171 pounds? 

ARITHMETIC. 

(^From Milnes btandard Arithmetic.) 
[First Grade Certiflcate.] 

1. A pole 63 feet long was broken into two unequal 
pieces, and % of the longer piece equaled \ of the shorter. 
What was the length of each i3iece ? 

2. If a grocer's scales give only 15| oz. for a pound, of 
how much money does he defraud his customers in the sale 
of 5 bbl. of sugar, each weighing 2 cwt. 10 lb. 12 oz., true 
weight, at 5 cents a pound ? 

8. What is the diameter of a water wln^el if an arc of 
18° of its circumference is 1 ft. 9 in. in length ? 

4. Find a single discount equivalent to two successive 
discounts of Vl\% and 8% on a bill of $360, 

5. The proceeds of a note for 1 mo. 18 da. when dis- 
counted at a bank at 5 % were $1869.35. What was its face? 

6. Find the face of a draft on New York, at 60 days' 
sight, bought for $650, exchange being at Ij^^ premium, and 
money being worth 6%. 

7.* If a box five feet long will hold 100.44 bushels, how 
much will a similar box 10 feet long hold ? 

8. There is a circular pr.rk 250 rods in diameter, and 
within it is a circular lake 125 rods in circumference. What 
is the area of the park exclusive of the lake? 

9. If in selling cloth f of the gain is equal to ^^ of the 
selling price, for how much will 3^ yards sell that cost $5 
per yard ? 

10. A tree w^as 3 feet in diameter at the butt, and its 
diameter at a height of 40 feet was 1 foot. What where the 
cubical contents of that portion of the tree ? 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 

(From Metcalf s Englisli Grammar.) 

[Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 

1. Construct a complex sentence containing an adject- 
ive phrase and an adverbial phrase, and underscore each. 

2. Make complete analysis of the following sentence: 
''He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord, 
and that which he^hath given will he pay hiin again." 

3. In the fallowing (1) tell the kind of sentence, and 
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it modifies: ^' We oaunot perceive that the study of graiii- 
mar makes even the smallest difference in the speech of 
people who have always lived in good society." 

4. Define inflection, which parts of speech have in- 
flection, and what is it called when applied to different 
ones? 

5. Write each of the following words in a column, and 
write opposite in four other columns, the plural of each, 
the feminine (if any), the possessive singular, the possess- 
ive plural (if any) : Boy, man, box, money, he-bear, ox, 
lord, actor, t, executor. 

6. (1)1 will remember that. (2) I will remember that 
which you say. (3) I will remember what you say. (a) 
Parse that in full in (1) and (2). (b) Exi)lain the objects of 
the transitive verbs remember and say in both (2) and (8). 

7. Write the synopsis of the \^xh choose y<,'\W\ he \\\ -aW 
moods and tenses of the passive voice. 

8. Explain and illustrate the formation of the pro- 
gressive and passive forms of verbs. 

9. Write short sentences and illustrate each of the fol- 
lowing uses of the infinitive phrase: (1) Subject of a sen- 
tence; (2) object of a verb; (3) object of a preposition ; (4) 
complement of a verb; (5) appositive; (6) adjective; (7) 
adverb. 

10. Parse in full: "-Than whom, Satan excepted, none 
higher sat." 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR- 

(From Metcalf s English Grammaiv) 

[First Grade Certificate.! 

1. (a) Classify the following sentence; (b) make a list 
of the clauses, tell the kind, and what each modifies: ''He 
gave it for his opinion, that whoez'er could make two ears of 
corn or two blades of grass to gro-iv upon a spot of ground 
where only one grew before would deserve better of mankind, 
and do more service to his country, than the whole race ot" 
politicians put together.'''* 

2. Make a list of all the phrases in the above sentence, 
tell the kind, and what each modifies. 

3. Parse in full the ten words in italics in the above 
sentence. 

4. Write each of the following words in a column, and 
opposite in four other columns the plurals of each, the fem- 
inine (if any), the possessive singular, the nossessive plural 
(if any): Boy, man, box, valley, lily, ox, lord, actor, 
t, executor. 

5. Show in a tabulated form all the kinds of pronouns, 
and the subdivisions of each. 



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6. Construct sentences illiistratin<>- tlie use of noun 
clauses as a subject, an object of a preposition, a comple- 
ment, an object of a verb, and an appositive, 

7. Write the synopsis of the verb choosi' with ihou \\\ all 
Mie moods and tenses of the passive voice. 

8. Write two sentences, one containing a restrictive 
clause, the other a non-restrictive clause, Explain tl)e 
punctuation. 

9. W^rite sentences illustrating; the use of each of the 
following connectives: (1) Correlative conjunction; (2) 
subordinate conjunction; (8) conjunctive pronoun; (4) con- 
junctive adverb; (5) compound conjunctive adverb. 

10. Illustrate that use determines the parts of speecii 
of words. 

GEOGRAPHY. 

(From Redways Geography,) 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate,! 

1- (a) Name six seas and a gulf oh the east coast of 
Asia; (b) the peninsulas projecting from this coast; (o 
the plateau occupying the i^eninsula of India, and tell of 
what it is composed. 

2. Give seven principal occupations of man, and tel) 
in which section of the United States each is most largely 
carried on,. 

8. As relates to Mexico tell: (1) In what zones located; 
(2) the number of states composing it; (8) of its climate 
and plant life; (4) in what consists its chief wealth. 

4. Write the countries of South America, and opposite 
each its capital. Locate and describe its principal lake. 

5. Compare North and South America as to: (1) Gen- 
eral shape; (2) western highlands; (8) heights of peaks; 
^4) extent of pLateau,s; (5) the number and regularity- of 
mountain ranges. 

6. (a) A noted cape of the United States and the most 
southern point of the European mainland aj'e in about the 
,same latitude; name each, (b) Name and bound the two 
important republics of Europe. 

1. (a) Name the most densely populated coujitry of 
Europe, (b) Explain why the British isles are moister and 
milder than the eastern coast of America in the same lati- 
tude. 

8. Describe the five great river systeuLs of Africa. 

9-10. Draw a map of Florida, placing the name of each 
county within its proper boundaries. 



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COMPOSITION. 

(From Swintons New School ("ompositiow.) 
[First, Second or Third Grade Certiticate.l 

1. Define composition, sentence, paragraph, discourse, 
diction. 

2. Construct six simple sentences with which illustrate 
^' Synthesis of Compound Sentences." 

3. Under tlie topic "• Conversion and Combination of 
Sentences," illustrate expansion, contraction, combination. 

4. (a) Give three requisites of good style, (b) Name 
some violations of each and explain what is meant by re- 
dundancy, tautology, and circumlocution. 

5. (a) Define and illustrate four figures of sjpeech. (b) 
Name three qualities to be aimed at in the construction of 
paragraphs. 

6-10. Prepare a topical outline and write an essay of 
not less tlian 200 words on one of the following subjects: 

(a) The Necessity of Ripe Scholarship to the 

Teacher. 

(b) The Result of (riving Long Terms to Teach- 

ers' Certificates of Low Grade. 

(c) Politics in the Public Schools* 

(d) P'emale Suffrage. 

PHYSIOLOGY. 

(FVom Steeles Hygienic Physiology^V 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 
f. Tell why we need food. Describe the three princi- 
pal kinds of food, and state why one kind is insufficient. 

2. Describe the four processes of digestion, naming the 
organs and the functions of the juices employed in each 
process. 

:>. (xive the relative A'alue and tFie length of time re- 
quired for the digestion of some of the principal kinds of 
food. 

4. State five evil results of rapid eatings and the dis- 
eases likely to grow out of it. 

5. Tell the effects of aleohol upon dige.stion, and ex- 
plain what is meant by '■'fatty degeneration." 

6. Describe the structure ancl three principal org-ans of 
the nervous .systepi. 

7. Write a description of the orgim of taste^ and tell 
its unes. 

8. Describe the organ of hearing, and tell hmv to car<- 
for it. 

9. Write a description of the eye, and explain tht- 
causes of far-sightedness and near-si<i"htedness. 



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U). Give five of tlie principal constituents of tobacco 
smoke, and describe the physiological effects of tobacc<>. 
especially upon the young. 

THEORY AND PRACTICE 

fFrom liompayre's Psychology Applied to Kducatlon. | 
[First, Second or Third Grade ('ertiticate,] 

1. Give the three different divisions of education, thf> 
different means of physical education, and the substance of 
what Horace Mann said on hygiene. Cliap. 1. 

2. State the necessities of physical exercises, and tell 
which are best, and why. Chap. IJ. 

3. Besides knowing well what he teaches, what tn«» 
other things should the teacher know? Chap. III. 

4. Reproduce what is said of teaching through the 
eyes, and of the educative value of drawing. Lhap. IV, 

5. Discuss methods of instruction; tell how thny 
should vary and to whom be accommodated. C'hap. VII, 

6. Give the substance of what is said of tlie import- 
ance of the black-board and other school apparatus; also, 
of the office of books. Chap. VIII. 

7. (a) What is said of the necessity of preparation by 
the teacher for the recitations? (b) Explain the Socratic 
jnethod, and discuss its value a.nd limitations. Chap. IX. 

8. Discuss oral and written exercises, and the method 
of conducting each. Chap. X. 

9. Give the substance of what is said about the correc- 
jtion of compositions. Chap. X. 

10. (a) Discuss character and moral education, as com- 
pared with knowledge and intellectual education. (I») 
^State the essentials of moral education. Chap. XJ, 

CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

,' From i'etermaa's Ktements ojf Civil Govemmeni ^ 

J First Grade Certificate,! 

\. State several reasons why civil government sh«)idd 
he taugiit in the public *;choois., 

2. jS^azne, in order, all grades of gvovernment, beginning 
•with the family as the starting point- 

H- Name all the otficers usual in county governments, 
stating briefly the duties of f^ach, 

4. Xame tije officers of tlie State, and give briefly the 
<luties of each. 

5. (a^ Discuss the tliree forms of civil governm/^nt. 
,(b) Give the reasons for your answer, an,d say whether the 
tendency in the Cnited States Ls towards j)Uie democi/icy 
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6. Is it rig'hfc to abstain from voting because of corrup- 
tion in i3oIitics ? Why ? 

7. (a) Express your views upon vote-buying and vote- 
selling, (b) State the penalty for bribery in ancient Ath- 
ens, and your views as to the penalty. 

8. Explain the necessary steps in making a State law. 

9. Describe the Australian ballot. 

10. Which do you like better for nominating State and 
county officers, primary elections or party conventions? 
(rive reasons for your choice. 

ALGEBRA. 

(From While's School Algebra.) 
[First Grade Certificate.! 

1. Write the following formulas: (1) The square of the 
sum of two numbers; (2) the square of the difference of 
two numbers; (8) tlie product of the sum and difference of 
two numbers; (4) the divisibility of an -j-b" ; (5) the divisi- 
bility of an — bn . 

2. Resolve each into four prime factors: x8— y8, m« — 
n«, x«-64, x^-2x3-16x2+2x+15, x^+Tx^+ex^-Tx-lO. 

3. Find the H. C. F. and the L. C^ M. of xs-2x3— x^* 
and x3+2x'J+2x+l. 

x''-t-20x+96 y x^-8x-20 _ x--'+l<>x+16 

4. Simplify X2-15X+50 x2+10x-24 x'— 7x+10 

11 1.1 

5. Solve the equations -—-|-T;~=a; -:r—-7r=^' 

X A^ X J 

6. There are four numbers such that, by adding each 
to twice the sum of the remaining three, we have 46, 43, 41. 
and 38, respectively. What are the numbers? 

7. Rationalize the divisor and simplify = — = — 

^ 3v3+4i/2 

8. Form the quadratic equation whose roots are 2— 

i^ 3 and 2+v 3. 

9. A man bought a certain amount of sugar for $66; 
but if sugar were to rise one cent per pound, he would ob- 
tain fifty jDounds less for the same money. How much 
sugar did he buy ? 

10. The sum of the diagonal and the longer side of a 
rectangle is three times the length of the shorter side, and 
the difference in the length of the two sides is four yards. 
What is the area of the rectangle? 



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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

(From Houston's New Physical Geograpliy.) 

[First Grade Certificate.! 

1. Define physical <^eograpliy. 

2. Give five proofs of the rotundity of tlie earth. 

8. (a) Give three reasons for the belief that the interior 
of the earth is in a highly heated condition; (b) three rea- 
sons for the theory of tlie original fluidity of the earth. 

4. Discuss earthquakes: (1) Facts established; (2) va- 
rieties of motion; (8) velocity of motion; (-l) their causes; 
(5) periodicity and distribution. 

5. Give three proofs of the subsidence of ocean beds. 

6. Give four noticeable peculiarities in the relief forms 
of continents. 

7. Name five conditions which influence the quantity 
of water discharged by rivers. 

8. State four causes for the irregular distribution of 
lieat over the earth. 

9. Name the conditions requisite for the existence of 
forests; of prairies; of steppes; of deserts. 

10. Distinguisli between ebb, flood, spring, and neap 
tides, and tell where the parent wave originates. 



SEPTEMBER, 1899. 

ORTHOGRAPHY. 

(From Reed's Word Lessons.) 

FFirst, Second or Third Grade Certiticate.] 

1. Unite the following words and suffixes, define the 
words formed, and give the rule of spelling that applies to 
each: Censure— able, hate— ful, glad— den, conceal— ed, 
benefit— ed, acquit— ed, occur— ed, pity— able, copy— ist, 
charge — able. 

2. Syllabicate and mark diacritically the vowel in the 
accented syllable in each of the following: Abdomen, con- 
dolence, rapine, lowering, apparatus, hymenean, accli- 
mate, inventory, finance, dictionary. 

8. Give five nouns, underscoring the sufiix in each, the 
suffixes meaning respectively: Act of, to make, one who, 
pertaining to, state of being. 

4. Form a derivative by using each of the following as 
a prefix or suffix, and define each word formed: Age, ery, 
cule, dom, ful, ish, ity, ment, ness, post. 

5. Write the following and opposite each a homonym: 
Rude, sear, surf, serge, auger, throw, team, suite, 
root, strait. 

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6. Write the following, and after each one or more syn- 
onyms; Capacity, rivalry, talkative, famous, bring, 
forsaKe, judgment, final, poverty, character. 

7-10. Write correctly the following words, spelled 
phonetically: Ak-we-dukt, ko-ko, vit-lz, kur-te-se, am-und 
(a nut), lang-guor, sam-un, ger-kin, sham-my, ek-we-te, 
con-cen-sus, raz-ber-e, rez-er-vwor, kub-berd, bel-lus, f or- 
bed, skol-lup, skane, kops, di-a-iram. 

FEADING. 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certifloate.] 

1. (a) Give the two-fold purpose which should guide 
the teacher in teaching reading, (b) Which is the imme- 
diate purpose; which the great ultimate purpose ? 

2. In teaching reading, what must invariably precede 
thought-getting, or reading proper? 

3. (a) In word-study, what tliree things must a child 
learn about a word before he can be said to know it ? (b) 
Name them in the order to be taught. 

4. (a) If you teach primary reading by the word meth- 
od, when should the study of phonics begin ? (b) Give two 
purposes of phonic drills. 

5. Reading is thought-getting and thought-giving; 
Avhat is the unit of reading ? 

6. Why should the teacher from the first, teach the 
child that he must read by sentences? 

7. (a) Upon what does expression in oral reading de- 
pend ? (b) Explain the necessity of silent reading by sen- 
tences to precede the oral in primary reading, 

8. Show the necessity of conversation lessons in con- 
nection with reading, taking tor example, 

''The curfew tol]s the knell," etc. 

9. (a) Show the value in primary and lower grades, of 
the teacher's frequently reading or reciting the best things 
in literature; also the necessity of much supplementary 
reading by pupils, (b) In communities where parents are 
unwilling or unable to buy books, what can and should be 
done by the teacher ? 

10. Name the series, and give the author's plan of 
teaching beginners to read from the first reader of any 
series. 

11. Read orally a paragraph of prose selected by the 
examiner. 

12. Read an extract of poetry selected by the exain^ 
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UNITED STAl ES HISTORY. 

(From Field's U. S. Grammar School History and Green's Florida Historj .) 

[Second or Third Grade Certilicate.l 

1. (a) Name the wars, with their dates, in which our 
country has been involved from 1776 to 1899. (b) Give 
causes'and results of each. (3) Give three principal battles 
in each, (d) Name two leading commanders in the oppos- 
ing' armies in eacli war. 

2. Name the political parties of our country from 
Washington to McKinley, and give one doctrine of each 
party. 

8. Name the territorial acquisitions of the U. S. in 
thsir order. 

4. Name five important treaties and give the substance 
of eacli. 

5. State facts to each of the following: Philip Living- 
stone, Horace Greeley, Wm. H. Seward, Marchand, Drey- 
fus, Kruger, Kitchener, Aguinaldo, Dewey, Torral. 

6. Name five great inventions of the nineteenth cen- 
tury with their inventors. 

7. Name the different countries to which .Florida be- 
longed in tlie i^roper order. 

8. (a) Give the boundary lines of East and West Flor- 
ida, (b) When and under wliat circumstances was Florida 
thus divided? (c) When and under what circumstances 
were the sections re-united ? 

9. Outline the Seminole War from beginning to end, 
giving the principal commanders, massacres, battles and 
treaties. 

10. Name the Governors of Florida from the Civil war 
to the present, giving one event in each administration. 

UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

(From Field's U. S. Grammar School History and Green's Florida History.) 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. Where did Raleigli attempt to plant a colony ? Give 
its history. 

2. (a) When and by whom was Maryland settled? (b) 
What advantages did tlie Maryland charter confer? (c) 
Tell of the difficulties between the Catholics and the Pro- 
testants. 

8. Give account of the surrender of Burgoyne. Wliat 
were the immediate results? 

4. Relate the circumstances which, at the time of the 
establishing of the Constitution, led to having two houses 
of Congress. 

5. W^hat caused the war with Mexico? Give the re- 
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6. Mention the principal engagements in the war with 
Spain, with tlie date of each. What treaty closed this war? 

7. What was included in East Florida, and what in 
West Florida when they were separated under different 
governments. 

8. (a) What change in the ownership of Florida took 
place at the close of the French and Indian War? (b) 
Why did Florida not take part in the Revolutionary War ? 

9. Who was '' Old Rory " ? Tell some story in connec- 
tion with him. 

10. Give the history of education in Florida. 

ARITHMETIC- 

(From Milne's Standard Arithmetic) 
[Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 

1. 3|+6iX2i-l|^2|=? 

2. B owned .35 of a factory and sold A of his share to 
C, after which five hundred thousandths of the factory was 
destroyed by fire, B's loss being $1680. What was the value 
of the factory ? 

8. At 31 cents a foot board measure, what is the cost of 
five pieces of sawed timber, each measuring 18 feet long, 1 
foot 4. inches wide, and 11 inches thick ? 

•±. How much cheaper will it be to pave a street \ of a 
mile long and 60 feet wide with asphalt at $0.22 a square 
foot, than to pave it with granite blocks at $3.10 a squart- 
yard ? 

5. A dealer bought grain by measure and sold it by 
weight, thereby gaining \\ per cent, in the number of bush- 
els. He sold at a price 5 per cent, above his buying price, 
and received $4910.976 for the grain; find the cost. 

6. A commission merchant whose rate both for selling 
and investing is 5 per cent., receives 24000 pounds of pork, 
worth 6 cents a pound, and $3000 in cash, with instructions 
to invest the whole in cotton. What will be his entire com- 
mission ? 

7. A bookseller bought books at 12| per cent, discount 
from the retail price, which was $2 per volume, and sold 
them at the retail price. What was his gain x^er cent? 

8. For what sum must a note be drawn at 3 months to 
net $150, after it is discounted at a bank at 6 per cent.? 

9. How many barrels of water will a cylindrical cis- 
tern hold whose diameter on the bottom is 6 feet, and whose 
height is six feet ? 

10. How much more will it cost at $1.35 a rod to fence 
a field in the form of a rectangle, 135 rods long and 60 rods 
wide, than to fence a fleid of equal area in the form of a 
square ? 



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ARITHMETIC. 

(From Milne's standard Arithmetic) 
f Fi rst Grade Certificate . 1 

1. 1 have a. lot in the forin of a parallelogram t'ontaLn^ 
iiig- one acre. The distance between two of its parallel 
sides is 12 rods. What is its length ? 

2. What will be the cost of a triangular piece of land 
whose base is 1S.86 ch., and its altitude 10.54 ch., at $7o per 
acre ? 

3. How many pounds of butter, at 24 cents a pound, 
must be given in exchange for 186 3'ards of muslin wlucli is 
sold at the rate of 15 yards for a dollar ? 

4. C can dig a well in 25 days, and C and I) in 15 days. 
How long will it take D to dig what remains after C- lias 
<lug \ of it ? 

5. D, E, and F earned $89.36; E earned three times as 
much as F, and D four times as much as E. How much 
<:lid each earn ? 

6. What is the duty on 18 pieces of Brussels carpeting, 
of 60 yards each, invoiced at 45 cents per yard, the specific 
<luty being- 38 cents per yard and the ad valorem duty 35 
per cent.? 

7. What must be paid for stock wh'ich pa^^s a dividend 
of 10 per cent, so as to realize 7 i3er cent, on the investment? 

8. A board is 18 feet long-, 20 inches wide at one end, 
and tapers gradually until it is only 1 foot wide at the other 
end. It is one inch thick. How many ))oard feet does it 
contain ? 

9. At what time between 4 and 5 o'clock will the hands 
of a clock be exactly opposite ? 

10. A cubic foot of cast iron weighs 450 pounds. What 
is the weight of a canxion ball whose diameter is is inches? 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 

(From Metcalf s English Grammar.) 

[Second or Third Grade Oertificate.] 

1. (a) Define inflection; (b) case, (c) W^hat doe« tht^ 
apostrophe in the j)0ssessive case denote? (d) Decline 
child; (e) it. 

2. Name five different infleetioufe of nouns to denote 
the plural, and give two examples of each, 

3. Name all the cla.sse.s of pronouns and ^lYe. two ex- 
amples of each. 

4. (a) Define comparison, (b and c) Compare: Able, 
dangerous, manly, evil. <d) Give two modal adverbs, (e) 
<iive two correlative conjunctions. 

5. (a) Define verb phrases, (b) Distinguish between 
<^*omplpte aj)d incomplete verbs- (c) Give a sentence using 



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he as a complete verb; (d) and one using /^^ as an incomplete 
verb, (e) Give sentences using y?i' transitively and intrans- 
itively. 

6. (a) Conjugate see in the passive voice, indicative 
mode, present, perfect tense, (b) Give the principal parts 
of the verbs do, draw, go, lie (to recline), and blow. 

7. (a) Define the historical present. Give a sentence 
containing the infinitive used (b) as a noun; (c) as an ad- 
jective; (d) as an adverb, (e) Give a sentence containing 
a verbal adjective. 

8. Give a sentence containing a clause used (a) as an 
adjective; (b) as an adverb; (c) as a noun, (d) Diagram : 
^' ' Tis only noble to be good." 

9. Analyze the following sentence : 

'' For the structure that we raise 
Time is with materials filled." 

10. Parse in full all italicized words: 

'^The}'e is a balm for those who weep." 

" Do what you can." 

'' True worth is in beings not seeming." 

" Give every man thine ear, but /^w thy voice." 

'' He came home Friday." 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 

(From Metcalf s English Grammar.) 

[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. (a) What is meant by the conjugation of a verb? 
(b) Give a complete synopsis of the verb break in the third 
person singular. 

2. (a) Distinguish between the passive and progressive 
forms of the verb, and give an example of each, (b) Dis- 
tinguish between the uses of the word playing in the follow- 
ing sentences : 

(1) He is expert at playing ball. 

(2) He is playing ball. 

(3) The boy playing ball is ten years old. 

8. (a) Define clause. (b) What are the three great 
classes of subordinate clauses? (c) Give examples of sub- 
stantive clauses used' in five different ways. 

4. Give two sentences each containing a verbal adjec- 
tive. Give three sentences each containing a verbal noun. 

5. Analyze: 

'' His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed 
in him, that nature might stand up and say 
to the world, ' This is a man.' " 

6. Parse in full all italicized words : 

I dare do ail that may become a man. 
They do nothing except complain. 



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Education attempts to change what is into whar 
ought to be. 

7. Diagram; 

(a) ^^ They are sick that surfeit with too much, a,s 

they that starve with nothing," 

(b) ''Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 
'Tis only noble to be good," 

8. (a) Define a phrase; (b) inflection; (c) expletive, 
(d) Give sentences using^/j- as four different parts of speech, 

9. (a) Give the rule for forming the possessive case of 
nouns in both singular and plural, (b) Decline; Thou, it, 
man, bird. 

10. Name every kind of pronoun, and %\y\i sentences 
illustrating tlie different kinds. 

GEOGRAPHY. 
(From Red way's Geography,) 

{First, Second or Third Grade Certificate/1 

1. Define soil; detritus; vapor; dew; rain, 

2. Make an outline that you would follow in teaching 
»uie of the grand divisions of land. 

3. Discuss Asia by your outline. 

4. Name five of the most useful metals, and tell about 
their occurrence, mining, and uses, 

5. In the eastern continent name the regions of very 
dense population. 

6. Name the states of the United States and the coun- 
tries of the Old World crossed by the 30th parallel of nortl) 
latitude. 

7. (1) Name the countries of Central America. (2) 
Discuss their government and productions, (3) Name the 
largest lake. 

8. Make a list of the divisions and colonial possessions 
of the British Empire. 

9. What route might a trading vessel follow, and what 
goods would it probably cax'ry in making trips each wa^' 
between (a) San Francisco and Venice; (b) Boston and 
JNIadras ? 

10. (a) Name in order, beginning at the nortli, all 
the counties of Florida bordering on the Gulf; (b) all bor- 
dering on the Atlantic; (c) all that have no sea coast. 

COMPOSITION. 

(From Bwinton's New School Composition.) 

(First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 

I.. Language expresses thought; what i';^ th^ unit of 
language ? 



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2. Combine the following statements into a simple sen- 
tence, and expand your sentence, making it first complex, 
then compound: 

(a) Alexander saw himself lord of all Western 

Asia, 

(b) He saw himself such at the age of twenty- 

five. 

(c) He had defeated the Persians. 

(d) They were defeated in the great battles of Is- 

sus, Granicus, and Arbela. 

3. Combine the following statements into a compound 
sentence of two members, then contract it into a comi)lex 
sentence: 

(a) Augustus Caesar has been called a great 

prince. 

(b) Louis XVI, of France, has been called a great 

prince. 

(c) Deprive both of their crown. 

(d) They will both dwindle into obscure and triv- 

ial characters. 

4. Give the general rule for the position of modifiers 
in the sentence, and two rules, regarding modifiers, for tlie 
use of the comma. 

5. (a) Change the following loose sentence to a period: 
We came to our journey's end, at last, with no small dif- 
ficulty, after much fatigue, through deep roads and bad 
weather. 

(b) Make one of your sentences in "•2" periodic, (c) 
Which of your complex sentences in "S" is periodic? (d> 
Which kind of sentence, loose or periodic, should be cul- 
tivated by young writei-s, and why? 

6. Explain the qualities, unity, clearness, and strengtli. 

7. Write a sentence illustrating each quality, in which 
the quality shall be violated, then point out the fault and 
improve tlie sentence. 

8. Explain the three qualities to be aimed at in the 
construction of paragraphs, namely: Unity of thought; 
continuity of sentences; variety of sentences. 

9-10. Pn^pare a topical outline and write a composition 
«)f not less tiian 20() wordr>, employing the various Kinds of 
sentences mentioned above, and properly paragraphing and 
punctuating the same, on one of tiie following subjects: 

(a) The Necessity for Industrial Education. 

(b) The Effects of Politics Upon Public Educa- 

tion. 

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PHYSIOLOGY, 

(From Steele's Hygienic Physiology.) 
[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 

1. Locate (a) the patella; (b) radius. Describe (c) tlie 
rickets; (c) St. Vitus' Dance; (e) synovia. 

2. (a) What organs are under the control of the invol- 
untary muscles? (b) Define fibrils; (c) muscular sense; (d) 
mucous membrane, (e) Why is the breast of a chicken 
white meat while that of a pig-eon is dark ? 

3. Define (a) cutis; (b) dentine, (c) Why are scars 
wliite? (d, e) How should we care for the teetli? 

4. Describe the respiratory system as to (a) the trache- 
a; (b) vocal organs; (c) celia; (d) pleura; (e) need of air. 

5. Explain fully what is meant by (a) plasma; (b) 
transfusion; (c) systole; (d) the pulse; (e) lesser circula- 
tion. 

6. Name and describe each division of the alimentary 
canal. 

7. Fully describe the nervous system. 

8. (irive a full description of the special senses. 

9. What effect has alcohol and tobacco upon (a) diges- 
tion? (b) the skin? (c) the circulation? (d) the nervous 
system? (e) the connective tissue? 

10. Give the five evil results attending rapid eating. 

THEORY AND PRACTICE. 

[IJased on "Arnold's Waymarks.'"! 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certilicate,] 

1. Make out an outline to be followed in giving a lesson 
to the First Reader class on the cat. 

2. Give an outline of what siiould be taught on plants 
to the First, Second, and Third Grades. 

.8. What should be taught in the first three grades pre- 
paring for grammar? 

4. How should the following be used: (a) Sight-read- 
ing; (b) silent reading; (c) concert reading? 

5. (a) Name three things to be learned in connection 
with every word, (b) Name four points to be noted by pu- 
pils in preparing a spelling lesson. 

6. Discuss the use of pictures for language lessons. 

7. (a) In reading what must necessarily precede the ex- 
pression of the author's thought? (b) What kind of excel- 
lencies should the teaclier commend in the child's work ? 

8. (a) How must all primary truths be attained by the 
child ? (b) Show how this applies in arithmetic ? 

9. Name five kinds of seat work related to reading, 
five to arithmetic, and five to form or color work. 

10. What is the immediate and what the all-important 
end in school discipline ? 

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CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

(From Peterman's Elements of Civil Government.) 

[First Grade Certiflcate.l 

1. Discuss the civil district; its size, purposes, govern- 
ment, officers and their duties. 

2. Name the officers usual in city governments, and 
state the duties of each. 

3. Name the steps necessary for the admission of a 
Htate into the Union. 

4. (a) Who are citizens of the United States? (b) Name 
six or more rights of citizens guaranteed in the Constitu- 
tion. 

5. (a) IJow is tlie membersliip of the House of Repre- 
sentatives apportioned ? (b) How many members are there? 

(c) What is the term of office and salary of each ? (d) Wiiy 
sliould all bills raising revenue originate in the House? 

6. (a) Under wliat circumstances would the House of 
Bepresentatives elect a President of the United States ? 
(b) Under what circuin^tances would the Secretary of Agri- 
culture become President? 

7. (a) The judicial system of the United States includes 
what courts? (b) What classes of suits at law fall under 
the Jurisdiction of the United States court? 

8. Define civil rights, industrial rights, and social 
lights. 

9. (a) Why do laws exist? (b) What is liberty? (c) 
Name the kinds of law in existence. 

10. (a) Discuss the origin and necessity of political par- 
ties, (b) Name the steps necessary to secux'e delegates to a 
National Convention. 

ALGEBRA, 

(From White's School Algebra.) 
[First Grade Certiticate.l 

1. Define (a) coefficient; (b) reciprocal ; (c) polynomial ; 

(d) degree of a term; (e) quadratic equation. 

2. Give the following laws of operation: (a) The com- 
mutative law; (b) the associative law; (c) the distributive 
law; (d) the exponent law. 

8. Remove the signs of aggregation and combine in tli<- 
following expression : 

5x— I 5y - [ X— ( 3z -3y )+2z— (5x— 2y - z) ] j . 

4. Divide Jx3+/2xy2+J^y3 by |x•^-Jxy+iy^ 

5. Reduce to lowest terms the following; 

2x3— 13x^+23x-12 

7x3— 38x2-(-18x-|-8 



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6. Reduce to its simplest form : 

S 1^ 1— m j j m 1 

i 1+m "^ m S "^ i 1+m ~i— 1112 

7. A man engaged to work m days on the conditions 
that he was to receive </ dollars for each day he worked, 
and forfeit i> dollars for each day he was idle. At the entl 
of >n days he received n dollars. How many days had he 
worked? 

8. If the numerator of a certain fraction be multiplied 
by 2 and the denominator increased by 2, the result will 
equal unity; but if the denominator be multiplied by 2 and 
the numerator increased by 8, the result will be equal to ^. 
Wliat is the fraction ? 

9. Multiply 2vl+3v 1+1 by 8vl^2v JT 

10. The sum of the square of two numbers exceeds 
twice their product by 9; and the difference of their squares 
is 1 less than the product. Find the numbers. 

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

(From Houston's New Physical Geography.) 

[First Grade Certificate.! 

1. (a) Enumerate the causes which produce the change 
of the seasons, (b) On what date and where could the sun 
be seen at midnight, and in what direction from the ob- 
server would it appear to be ? 

2. What changes are now going on in the earth's crust? 

3. Discuss volcanoes: (a) Materials ejected; (b) causes 
of volcanic eruptions; (c) regions of volcanoes; (d) pecu- 
liarities of distribution. 

4. (1) Classify springs as to: (a) Size of reservoir; (b) 
shape of reservoir; (c) depth of reservoir. (2) What are 
artesian wells ? 

5. (1) Discuss the origin of winds. (2) Define constant, 
periodica] and variable winds. 

6. (1) Distinguish between relative humidity and act- 
ual humidity, (2) Name three conditions under which 
rain may be caused. 

7. Name three desert regions in the eastern continent 
and two in the western, and state the cause of each. 

8. (1) Explain the origin of constant ocean currents. 
(2) Name four causes tliat influence the direction of cur- 
rents. 

9. (I) Distinguish between glaciers and icebergs. (2) 
Define three classes of moraines. 

10. What arguments can be adduced to show the prob- 
able unity of the human race? 



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JUNE, 1900. 

ORTHOGRAPHY. 

(From Reed's Word Lessons.) 

[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 

1. Unite the following words and suffixes, define the 
words formed, and give the rule of spelling that applies to 
each ; Admire — ing, blame — able, move — ment, plague — ing, 
erase — ing, melody—ous, envy — able, greedy — ist, ceremony 
-=ai, tardy — ness. 

2. Give five nouns, undex'scoring the sulfix in each, the 
suffixes meaning respectively; Like, state of being, full 
of, continuing, able. 

3. Give the rule for final e, and give six exceptions. 

4. Syllabicate, and mark diaeritically the vowels and 
accented syllable of the following: Equator, geysers, deci- 
mal, idiocy, decorous, suavity, timorous, athlete, 
troche, atheneum. 

5. Define synonyms, homonyms, paronyms. Giv^e the 
synonyms of the following in opposite columns: Speech, 
diction, judgment, danger, cautious. Give a homonym 
opposite the following: So, steal, pearl, load, route. 

6. Discriminate between the synonyms: Frightful, 
tremendous, terrible, shocking, horrible, dreadful, fear- 
ful, awful. 

7. Form a derivation by using each of the following as 
a j)refix or suffix, and define each word formed: Age, ery, 
cule, dom, ful, ish, ity, ment, ness, post. 

8-10, Write correctly: Co-al-ess, tar-rif, par-ra-graf^ 
crit-eek, li-se-um, naw-she-a, jew-sy, kuv-et-us, ba-de-nazh, 
kol-ler (anger), sub-pe-na, sin-a-gog, min-yon-et, kris-a-lis, 
U-a-lism, 

READING. 

[First. Second or Ttiird Grade Certificate.! 
1» Name the different methods of teaching reacting. 
State your preference and your reasons for it. 

2» Define pitch, tone, volume, cadence, accent. 

3. Name the essential qualifications of a good teacher 
of reading. 

4. What two ordinary school appliances does the scien- 
tific teacher of primary reading use more than chart or 
primer? 

5. Give your views fully on supijlementary reading* 
6-8. Read a selection of prose. 

9-10* Read a selection of poetry. 



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UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

(From Field's U. S. Grammar School History and Green's Florida History.) 
[Second or Third Grade Certiflcate. 1 

1. Sketch briefly Columbus' four voyages. 

2. Tell what you know of Samuel Adams, John Han- 
cock, James Otis, Patrick Henry and Benjamin Franklin, 

3. Name the Presidents in regular order, underscoring 
those serving two tenns. 

4. Name five great expositions or fairs in the United 
States, and the date of each. 

5. State facts relative to each of the following; Charles 
C'otesworth Pinckney, Sergeant Jasper, George Peabody, 
Blaine, Bryan, Schley, Clarke, Eoberts, Taliaferro. 

6. What is likely to be the issue between the Demo- 
cratic and Republican parties this Presidential year? 

7. Give a sketch of Ponce de Leon and his explorations 
in Florida. Also of Narvaez. 

8- Give the Arbuthnot-Ambrister incident. 

9. When did the United States acquire Florida; what 
was the consideration, and who was the first military gov- 
ernor ? 

10- Sketch the development of Florida for the past ten 
years, relative to its resources, industries and educational 
progress- 

UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

<(From Field's U. S- Grammar School History and Green's Florida History.^ 
[First Grade Certificate.] 

1. Why should history be taught in the public schools? 

2. What European countries laid claim to North 
America, and upon what grounds ? 

3. Discuss briefly each of the following: Bacon's re- 
bellion. Dorr's rebellion, Hartford convention, Trent attair, 
I tata affair. 

4. State facts relativ^e to each of the following; Robert 
Morris, Nathan Hale, Lafltte, Charles Sumner, Elias Howe, 
<^Teorge W. Childs, 8. J. Tilden, Edison, Marconi, Thomas 
Lipton. 

5- Tell what you know of the Venezuela incident. 

6- From whom, how, and when did the United States 
obtain the following territory: Florida, Alaska, Hawaii, 
Puerto Rico, Philippines? 

7. Discuss the Republic of Florida. 

8- Sketch Weatherford, Osceola., Coacoochee, Wild 
<(Jat, Billy Bowlegs. 

9. Discuss the phosphate discoveries, the Disston 
canal, the great freeze, the great hurricane, the filibuster- 
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10. Name and locate the State schools, uiiiversitit;> 
and colleges of Florida. 

ARITHMETIC. 

(From Milne's Standard Arithmetic.) 
[Second or Third Grade Certitic^te.l 

1. 2^+7fx3|-2K4i=? 

2. A fanner engaged a man to work for him a year for 
$216 and a suit of clothes. The man left at the end of 10 
months and received $175 and the suit of clothes; what was 
the value of the suit? 

B. Divide 12 millionths by 12 thousandths. 

4. When it is noon at Greenwich it is 6 hours, 52 min- 
utes, 40 seconds, a. m., at Harrisburg, Pa. What is the 
longitude of Harrisburg? 

5. How many yards of carpet 27 inches wide will be 
required for a room 18 feet long and 16 feet wide, if th<* 
strips run lengthwise and there is a waste of one-filth of a 
yard in each strip in matching the pattern? What will be 
the cost of the carpet at .$1.85 per lineal yard ? 

6. A merchant's sales on Monday amounted to $385.84. 
His sales on Monday were 16§ per cent, of 54 per cent, less 
than the amount of goods sold on Tuesday. What was the 
amount of Tuesday's sales? 

7. Mr. H. sold two houses for $3,600 each; on one he 
gained 25 per cent., and on the other he lost 25 per cent. 
How much was gained or lost by the transaction ? 

8. A merchant sent his agent in St. Paul $3,493.50 to in- 
vest in flour. The agent bought the flour at $4.25 per bar- 
rel, and charged 2f per cent, commission. The merchant 
had the flour insured at 1| per cent., and paid .$268.25 for 
transportation. The flour was then sold at a gain of 10 per 
cent, on the whole cost. What was the selling price per 
barrel? 

9. For what sum must a note for 2 months 17 days be 
made so that the proceeds after it has been discounted at 
bank at 7 per cent., may be .$895? 

10. What is the volume of a frustum of a pyramid, the 
lower base of which is 20 feet square, the upper base 10 feet 
square, and the altitude 20 feet ? 

ARITHMETIC. 

(From Milne's Standard Arithmetic.) 
[First Grade Certificate.] 
i. A horse cost $125 and % the cost of the horse is 4 
times the cost of the harness. What did the harness cost? 
2. A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days. If A 
can do only f as mucn as B, how long will it take each ot* 
them to do the work ? 



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3. A miner sold to a broker 2 pounds of gold dust at 
$220 per pound, avoirdupois, and the broker sold it at $1B 
per ounce, troy. Did he gain or lose, and how much ? 

4. A merchant was offered a credit of 3 months on a 
bill of goods amounting to $3,468, or a discount of 2% for 
cash. How much better was the latter offer, money being- 
worth 7% ? 

5. How much must be invested in 1% city bonds, 
bought at 101|, brokerage I %, to yield an annual income 
of $840? 

6. What was the list price of an article whose net cost 
was $4.50, after deducting discounts of 40% and 10% ? 

7. How large a 60-day draft can be bought on St. Paul, 
Minn., for $1,260, when the exchange is at 1J% premium? 

8. A lady has 2 silver cups, and only one cover for 
both. The first cup weighs 16 ounces, and when it is cov- 
ered it weighs three times as much as the second cup; but 
when the second cup is covered it weighs four times as 
much as the first. What is the weight of the second cup 
and of the cover ? 

9. A room is 18 feet long, 15 feet wide and 9 feet high. 
What must be the length of a line extending from one of 
the lower corners to an opposite upper corner? 

10. A man at his marriage agreed that if at his death 
he should leave only a daughter his wife should have f of 
his estate; and if he should leave only a son, she should 
have \. He left a son and a daughter. What fractional 
part of the estate should each receive, and how much was 
each one's portion, if the estate was worth $6,591 ? 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 

(From Metcalf's English Grammar.) 

[Second or Third Grade Certificate. J 

1. (1) Wnat is grammar ? (2) What is language? (3) 
What is a sentence ? (4) Name and illustrate the two es- 
sential parts of a sentence. (5) What is analysis? 

2. (1) What is a compellative? (2) Construct a sen- 
tence and ^\\% disposition of the compelhitive. 

3. (1) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause, and 
construct a sentence and underscore a phrase and a clause. 

4. Define all the parts of speech and give the proper- 
ties belonging to each. 

5. Define appositive.s and state how they are usually 
set off. 

6. Decline: I, thou, goose, hanger-on, brotlier-in- 
iaw. 

1. Define gender, i^erson, number and case. 



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8. (1) Distinguish between transitive and intransitiv,' 
verbs. (2) Tell how the passive voice is always formed, 
and wliat class of verbs may have a passive voice. 

9. Construct five sentences each containing one of the 
following verbs, used first transitively and then intransi- 
tively: Fly, draw, taste, become, smile. 

10. In the following quotation name the subject, all the 
clauses, stating what each modifies, and what kind of 
clause it is : 

We, ignorant of ourselves, 
Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers 
Deny us for our good ; so find we j)rofit 
By losing of our prayers. 
Parse in full the following words in the above sentence: 
We, ignorant, beg, often, harms, which, so, find, 
losing, prayers. 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 

«From Metcalf s English Grammar.) 

[First Grade Certificate.! 

1. Give an example of three kinds of sentences: (1) 
When classified as to form; (2) when classified as to mean- 
ing. 

2. Give tlie possessive singular and plural of the fol 
lowing nouns: Boy, s, clef, keynote, plaintiff, synec- 
doche, bridegroom, hypothesis, courtmartial. 

8. Distinguish between the uses of shall 'a\\(\ will. 

4. Give the various uses of infinitives, and give the 
disposition of the infinitives in the following sentences: 

He came to see me. 

I told him to come home. 

5. Construct two sentences, one containing a restric- 
tive clause, the other a non-restrictive clause, and explain 
the punctuation. 

6. Define noun clause, object complement, attribute 
complement, and write a sentence illustrating each. 

7. Define conjunctive adverbs, and construct a sen- 
tence illustrating the same. 

8. Distinguish between direct and indirect objects, and 
give a sentence to illustrate each. 

9. Analyze the following sentence: 

No radiant pearl which crested fortune wears, 
No gem that twinkling hangs from beauty's ears. 
Nor the bright stars which night's blue arch 

adorn. 
Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn, 
Shine with' such lustre as the tear that flows 
Dawn virtue's manly cheek for others' woes. 



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10. Parse in full the tollowing words in the above sen- 
tence: No, pearl, fortune, that, twinkling, hangs, not. 
stars, adorn, nor, suns, that, gild, morn, sliine, such, 
tear, down, cheek, woes. 

GEOGRAPHY. 

(From Kedways Geography.) 
[First. Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 

1. Define dunes, canyons, delta, bayou, glacier. 

2. Name and locate the mountain systems of North 
and South Ainerica. 

3. Write the countries of Europe in a column and oj)- 
posite each its capital and form of government. 

4. Compare the New England States with tlie South- 
ern States as to general shape, extent, topography, indus- 
tries, climate. 

5. Name five of the most useful metals, where found 
and uses. 

6. Define selvas, llanos, pami^as, and state what these 
words suggest. 

7. In what latitude are the PhilipiDines ? State what 
you know of the climate, the people, principal i^roducts and 
their worth strategically to the United States. 

8. Trace a water route from Tampa to Honolulu ; from 
Jacksonville to Iloilo; from Kissimmee to Key West. 

9. Name all the railroads in the State; six principal 
towns in order as to population ; six rivers in order as to 
size. 

10. Make a list of the counties of Florida in a column 
with the county seats opposite. 

COMPOSITION. 

(From Swinton'.s New School Composition.) 
[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 

1. Define composition, theme, essay. 

2. Define simple, compound, and complex sentences, 
and illustrate each. 

3. Define style; givi:! four requisites of good style; de- 
fine construction and give the qualities a sentence should 
possess. 

4. Give six figures of speech and illustrate each. Dis- 
tinguish between metonomy and synecdoche. 

5. Define period; loose sentence. Give an instance of 
a loose sentence changed to a period. 

6-10. Prepare a topical outline and write an essay of 
not less than 300 words on one of the following subjects: 

(a) The Good and Evil of Novel Reading. 

(b) Is the Town or the Country the More Appreci- 

ative of the Public Schools? 

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(c) Should a Teacher be Allowed to Teach Longer 
Than One Year on a Third Grade Certifl- 
cate? 

PHYSIOLOGY. 

(From Steele's Hygienic Physiology.) 
[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 

1. Locate the fibula, scapula, ulna. What frequently 
causes curvature of the spine ? What is a sprain ? 

2. Name all the bones of the head. 

3. State fully the process of digestion. 

4. Describe fully the structure of the skin, and give 
the theory of complexion. 

5. Explain fully the process of hearing, naming all the 
parts of the ear. 

6. Discuss ventilation, and tell how j^ou would secure 
good ventilation in your school room. 

7. Describe the eye, showing how we see. 

8. Describe the circulation, giving a diagram of the 
heart. 

9. AVhy do the Esquimaux eat whale blubber and 
other fats and the South Sea Islanders eat fruits and vege- 
tables ? 

10. State the effects of tobacco and alcohol upon the 
system. 

THEORY AND PRACTICE. 

fliased on White's Pedagogy.! 
[First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 

1. Define intellect, knowledge, presentative powers, 
consciousness, attention. 

2. Distinguish between induction and deduction, and 
upon what do they both depend? 

3. Which powers are the most active in the young 
child, and which become the leading powers from fourteen 
to eighteen ? 

4. What are the ends and means of education; the 
ends of teaching ? 

5. (a) Which one of the author's ^'Principles" on 
teaching is axiomatic? (b) Under " Principle II " give the 
natural order in which the powers of the mind should be 
exercised and the corresponding kinds of knowledge taught, 
(c) Under '' Principle IV " wliat serious mistake do teach- 
ers often make? (d) What is said about ''object teach- 
ing"? 

6. What is essential in leading the pupil to form cor- 
rect ideals ? What caution to teachers in their presenta- 
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7. What is the tuiiction of the drill? How is it often 
abused? What is the relation of test to study? How may 
it be abused ? 

8. Give three merits of the "question method/' Name 
two defects. What about questions that admit of ''yes 
and no " answers. Give some merits of the ''topic meth- 
od." Discuss questioning- as an art. 

9. Give your opinion on written examinations. Sliould 
the results of written examinations be made the basis for 
promotion ? 

10. What should the teacher's preparation include? 
What is said about use of text books? What about the 
principles to be observed and the methods to be used ? 
What about assignment of lessons? Make a program of 
the day's work. 

CIVIL GOVERNMENT- 

(From Townsend's Shorter (bourse.) 

[First Grade Certificate^ 

1. State the good to be derived from teaching (Uvil 
CTOvernment in the public schools. 

2. Define government and show how you would convey 
to the mind of the child the necessity therefor. 

3. Name the three branches of government, and give 
your reason why they should be kept as separate as pos- 
sible. 

4- How are the members of each house of Congress 
chosen ? What bills must originate in the lower house and 
why is this ? 

5. What are taxes ? Why is it necessary for the 
United States to borrow money? Can the government lentl 
money to individuals? 

6. What are letters of marque and reprisal ? 

7. Define a bill and tell liow it becomes a law. Trace 
it from the time it is drawn until it receives the President's 
approval. 

8. {M\^ a full explanation of a writ of habeas corpus. 
When may it be suspended and why ? 

9. Describe in full the method of nominating a presi- 
dential candidate. 

10. Give both methods of electing a President. 

ALGEBRA. 

<Frora White's School Aljfebra,) 
fFir^t Grade Certificate.) 

1. Define co-efficient, exponent, equation, radical^ 
^urd. 

2, Divide x^— 26x3-f-6x2-j-5x-l ])y x^ -Sx^-f-l, 



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:3. Factor x2-|-(a — c) x— ac. 

4. Solve the equation, x y 

n ~ m ~ 

5. A certain number expressed by 2 digits is equal to 
tour times the sum of those digits; but, if 18 be added to 
the number, the digits will be reversed. Find the number. 

6. (2a24-b--c)^= ? (write out according to binomial 
theorem.) 

7. Find the cube root of a«+3a5-|-6a4+7a3+6a2-|-3a-|-] . 

8. Solve the equation, 18x2 -27x-26=0. 

9. Find three numbers such that the second will be 
one-half of the first, and the third one-third of the first, 
and the sum of their squares will be 441. 

10. Solve the equation, 

8x2— 7v 2+1=0 
xy-6 

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

(From Houston's New Physical Geography.) 

[First Grade Certittcate.l 

1. Of what does Physical Geography treat? 

2. Define a sicioreal year; a tropical year. Which 
value is generally taken for the length of the civil year? 

3. Give Laplace's nebular hypothesis. Give the causes 
which produce the change of seasons. 

4. Define volcano, tufa, solfataras, cause of earth- 
quakes, dykes. 

5. Define Archaean time, Palaezoic time, Mesozoic 
time, Cenozoic time. 

6. Discuss the theory of the formation of coal; the 
theory of coral islands. 

7. Define climate, and enumerate the circumstances 
which influence the climate of ,a country. 

8. Define tides, and state why the moon, which is so 
much smaller than the sun, should exert a more powerful 
influence in producing tides. ^ j 

9. Define isog-onal lines; isoclinal lines. Distinguish , J 
between isoclinal and isothermal lines. ^^Uk 

10. Give the characteristics of the temperate fauna, ^^j 
naming the principal carnivora and herbivora. 



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